
Milestones
Find out more about the Milestones featured in Eyes on the Prize.
The Supreme Court Declares Bus Segregation Unconstitutional (1956) The 1960 Presidential Election The Desegregation of Interstate Travel (1960) The Supreme Court Orders Ole Miss to Integrate (1962) The March on Washington (1963) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The 1964 Presidential Election Lyndon Johnson's "We Shall Overcome" speech The Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Kerner Commission Report (1968) The 1968 Presidential Election The Attica Prison Riot (1971) The National Black Political Convention (1972) The Federal Court Order to Integrate Boston Schools The Bakke Case and the Status of Affirmative Action in 1978