CRM+Tweets

Civil Rights Movement TWEETS

So many events in the Civil Rights Movement – imagine of you were present at all of them! How would you communicate the basic information of each major event quickly and concisely? Well, if we could send some technology back in time, maybe you could “tweet” your way through the Movement.

In this activity, you will report about various events, people, and organizations using Twitter as a model. In case you don’t know, Twitter is a social networking site that allows people to keep up with each other by posting messages of “tweets” that are no more than 140 characters in length. Over the next few days, you will use Chapter 29 and [|ABC-CLIO] to post “tweets” about the events, individuals, and ideas listed below. This will serve as your Civil Rights Era study guide! Cut and paste the material below into a new page on your Unit 8 Online Notebook, and tweet away.

EXAMPLE – Why was Brown v. Board important? **Tweet** – //** Plessey overturned by SC, separate is not equal, schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”, should lead 2 more – bye bye Jim Crow? Will b some opposition! **// (that’s 138 characters … and a pretty complete tweet!)

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – Americans saw racism as evil because of Hitler's ideas, African Americans more determined because fought 4 freedom in Europe, moved into cities-more contact with each other.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks started bus boycott, lasted 13 months, resulted in integrated buses, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, made MLK important civil rights leader. 
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – School going to integrate with 9 students, but segregationists stopped them. Gov'nr w/segregationists, so Eisenhower ordered troops to escort students to school.
 * What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?**

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** **Tweet** – Sit-in at lunch counter spread to other states. Segregationists got violent, some protestors went to jail, but others replaced them. Forced stores to desegregate.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights 

**Tweet –** Groups of different races rode buses all around South to promote desegregation, Kennedy sent troops to protect riders. Led to integrated interstate buses.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Boycotted stores, sit-in demonstrations. violence used to arrest protestors, gaining nat'l tv coverage. Segregation stopped, more African Americans employed.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Marched for civil rights and for integration. Ended at Lincoln Memorial with MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. Showed gov't action needed, Kennedy pomised suipport.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Banned segregation in public places, created Equal Employment Opportunity Commision for job discrimination. Segregation officially illegal. After JFK's death.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Brought Northern college students to work with SNCC for more African American voters. Violent resistance by segregationists. Exposed injustice & registered many.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Guaranteed full voting rights of African Americans, banned literacy tests and other laws. Sent federal officials to register voters. Raised percentage of voters.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Marchers attacked when crossing bridge. Violence on nat'l tv. Johnson sent troops to protect protestors and used public's anger to encourage voting rights act.
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Provided programs to help the poor, elderly, women. Promoted education, ended discrimination, protected environment. Helps stop racial injustice and poverty.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Leaders disagreed - some wanted to expand nonviolent struggle, others wanted more aggressive approach. Some rejected cooperation with whites. MLK assassinated.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**