The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is what ended the segregation and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Background: Even after the 13, 14, and 15 amendments were made places in the south still made it almost impossible for people of color to do anything. By using poll taxes and literacy tests. They made them suppressed and powerless.
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Now people are free to be who and what the want to be. There are still some issues but nothing like what it used to be.