The Act that made most forms of segregation illegal in the U.S was the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The Act ended legislised segregation of public places, giving equal access to public transportation and education to all races. The Act also banned employment discrimination based on race, color, country of origin or religion.
After the water gushed aboard and the boat split into two, there was nothing left that kept the boat afloat. The weight of water and gravity ultimately pulled the large cruiser to its watery doom.
