1933 Prohibition came to an end when Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 1957 New York was the first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in the housing market by enacting the Fair Housing Practices Law, which banned discrimination in privately owned apartment buildings and some homes on the basis of race, religion or national origin. The law was highly controversial at the time as many believed it violated the fundamental rights of owners of …