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Civil Rights Movement TWEETS So many events in the Civil Rights Movement – imagine if 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. Make sure your tweets are comlpete and cover a great deal about the topic ... but are limited in size! Don't worry too much - 140 is just a ballpark figure.

**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 be some opposition! **// (that’s 138 characters … and a pretty complete tweet!)
 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important?**

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – More Americans began to see racism as evil-After fighting for freedom in Europe, the AA's wanted to win equality at home- AA's have more resources to fight segregation.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks-an AA-was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus-Led to year boycott of AA's not going on buses. B. led to the end of segregation on Montgomery buses-led to the foudning of the SCLC- made Dr. King one of the best-known civil rights leader.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

** Tweet **  – Little Rock school board decides to integrate their schools- Governer Faubus decides no integration-Elizabeth Eckford came to school and was approached by a mob-Eisenhower orders the 101st Airborne Division to little rock to protect AAs going to the white 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 – ** 4 AAs began a "sit-in" to desegregate a lunch counter-refused to move until they were served-peacefully braking the law-led to violence and mistreatment of the AAs. forced many stores with lunch counters to serve AAs-led to the formation of the SNCC.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** **Tweet** – The SNCC is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee- consisted of students and young people searching for civil rights and changes in the 1960s.

 ** Tweet – ** Freedom rides-civil disobedience-protests against segregation on interstate bussing in the south-the white sat in the back of the bus and AAs sat in the front-at the bus stops black riders tried to use "whites only" facilities. they were attacked by segregationists-it helped AAs win support for civil rights.
 * Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights **
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet **  – Birmingham:very segregated-opportunity to expose the evils of segregation. Men AAs marched down to downtown Birmingham, being told not to- King and others arrested-next AA kids skipped school and marched to downtown Birmingham-many were water-hose-beat/killed/arrested. Results: desegregated lunch counters, removal of segregation signs, and more employ for AAs in downtown stores.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** **Tweet** – 250,000 people marched to Washington hoping to have new laws passed to protect the civil rights of all people. King delivers his "I have a Dream" speech. March unites civil rights groups and Kennedy promises support.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – After Kennedy's assination, President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which officially makes segregation illegal throughout the Unites States. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was also passed to prevent job discrimination
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – In 1964 the SNCC organised a voter-registration drive for southern blacks. College students and SNCC organizers created voter registration rolls. These people would not have been able to vote without help from the SNCC and the young volunteers.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Johnson signed this bill into law which banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote. Federal officials helped with the registration of voters from 10% to 60% in Selma.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">King and SCLC organized voter registration drives and a protest march to Mongomery. State troopers attacked them on a bridge at the edge of Selma. The violence was caught on TV, putting pressure for federal action. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">
 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Johnson orders Governor Wallace to stop the voilence in Alabama. Troops were sent to protect the AAs. The publics anger pushes action on voting rights.
 * Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Johnson's Great Society:series of programs to help the poor, elderly, and women. It included legislation that promoted education, end discrimination, and protected the environment. Pushed for more civil rights for all-especially the weak and minority groups.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Civil Rights leaders disagreed to be violent/nonviolent. King and the SCLC joined protests in Chicago-even without laws of segregation, AAs were still discriminated against when finding property and work. Daley and other pollititions only made minor changes to help AAs which led to fustration and nationwide riots.
 * Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Riots and the assination of MLK led to nationwide anger and the violence towards whites. Leaders went to violence. Civil Rights for AAs moved slowly, but it encouraged other oppressed groups, such as MA, NA, and women to push for their own civil rights.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**