Title VII

The following sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 completely changed the way individuals do business today as compared to 40 years ago.
(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer—
(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; or
(2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or
otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the United States of America had laws regulating the separation of blacks and whites. The laws kept blacks and whites from doing things that people take for g...