Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals from employ-.U.S. Code Citation: 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. Title VII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter VI (§2000e et seq.) of this chapter. "'Race' and 'sex' are general terms that, in everyday usage, require modi-. Act of 18716 provided civil remedies for deprivations of federal rights "under color of" state law. One of the keys to citing statutes properly is knowing where to find the proper legal citation abbreviations. Decided May 12, 1980. Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.