This story goes back to the 1860's as racism continues these very days, with plenty of us being guilty of it in some form or another. Prior to slavery in Southern States of American law's were enacted keeping races from mixing prohibiting as unlawful. These law's known as "Jim Crow Laws" Lasted until the"Civil Rights Act" was signed by president Lyndon B Johnson in 1964. Making "Jim Crow Law's" unlawful. The signing of the "Civil Rights Act" states to discriminate against another human being is unlawful, plain and simple.