instructional timetoast By monsenya Jan 1, 1945 WWII ends Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 1953 The Korean War Apr 16, 1954 Brown vs BOE Jan 1, 1955 Bus Boycott Jan 1, 1956 Public Transportation desegregation Jan 1, 1963 Gov. George Wallace Jan 1, 1963 Martin Luther King Speech Jan 1, 1963 Explosion at 16th St. Baptist Church Jan 1, 1964 Civil Act Rights Jan 1, 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Jan 1, 1965 Voting Rights Act Jan 1, 1968 Martin Luther King Assassination in Memphis