[misslibby]

The principle is that nobody should be forced to employ somebody they don't want to employ.

Right to be one's own boss: it is called freedom. It doesn't have to be written in the constitution with those exact words. I don't think the US is a socialist country just yet.

And your narrative of letting people self-organize seems wrong. There were laws mandating segregation. That is not self-organization, but government interference.

Obviously murdering people and burning down businesses is and should be illegal.

[shadowgovt]

> The principle is that nobody should be forced to employ somebody they don't want to employ.

Why?

> Right to be one's own boss: it is called freedom.

That has never been any kind of guaranteed right. And, I cannot stress this enough, you can do that and be compliant with all of these laws if you just work for yourself and don't have many employees. Most of these laws don't even kick in for firms under a certain size.

> There were laws mandating segregation.

So once those laws were rendered unenforceable, why do you think they then needed an Equal Rights Act in addition? Check the history.

> Obviously murdering people and burning down businesses is and should be illegal.

Of course, and it was, but if the law is unenforced it might as well not be.

That's why the federal government stepped in, because the states were not protecting the rights of citizens.