President Johnson was speaking to how black citizens are equal to everyone else and should have the same rights as everyone else. He wanted them to have the right to vote and to have a voice. They were not the ones causing trouble. They just wanted to be treated fairly. It was the people and the old outdated laws they followed that caused the inequality issues.
Get more into real life situations. For example something that will make this decade more interested. Instead of something for 1875 that everyone will get bored of.
