Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII).The act made it illegal to discriminate in the workplace based on a person's race, color, religion, sex and national origin. It is one of the strongest civil rights laws in the country. 425 N.W.2d 278 (1988). Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 protects the above classes from discrimination. As Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the. Minnesota Human Rights Act, and Minnesota's Equal Pay for Equal Work Law;. 2d 723 (1979), which involved the attorney's fees provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.