CRM+Tweets

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.

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** – More Americans began to think racism was evel, the war made African Americans more determined to get equality, African Americans gained more resources to help them fight segregation.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks was arrestedd for sittting in the white section of the bus so a group in a church decided that everyone should boycout the buses. They did this for 13 months until the bus segregation law was determinded unconstitutional. The results are, no more segregated buses, a group called SCLC was formed, and Martin Luther King Jr. became one of the best known civil rights leaders.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – Schools in Little Rock started to integrate. One high school alloowed 9 black students to enroll in their school. But the govener of the state decided to put national gaurd troops, outside the school so the black students counldn't get in. In the end President Eisenhower forced the shool to let the students in by useing an air born division.
 * 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** – Some African American college students decided to sit at a lunch counter in a segregated area until they got what they wanted. Even though they were abused, hundreds of people did this until the food places were forced to serve them. A new organization was formed after this called SNCC.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Tweet – <span style="color: #202bf8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">people planned to do freedom rides to integrate buses that travel betweeen states. There were attacks on freedom riders so JFK ordered US marshals to protect them. The plan was succesful after JFK desegrageted the buses. **
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – <span style="color: #0a04f1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">People in Birmingham wanted better facilities and better housing so they started to prtest segregation. They invited King Jr. and the SCLC to protest with them. King was arrested but still helped protest from jail. They got kids to help them protest but the authorities used fire hoses and dogs to stop them. In the end white officials saw the brutality of this and ended it. the protesters were awarded by desegregated lunch counter, removed segregated signs, and African Americans were employed in downtown stores.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #1a4aff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">250,000 went on the March on Whashington that endded at the lincoln memorial. At the end of the march Dr. King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. This united many groups and they all called for civil rights. Kennedy said he would support them.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** –<span style="color: #0b15ef; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> After the JFK assisination, vice president Lyndon Johnson carried out Kennedy's promise of civil rights. The Civil Rights act was passed that banned segregation in all public places, and job segregation was also banned.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – When the SCLC invited northern college students to come down to mississippi, to work with them. Those people endured beatings, arrests, and murder, but they SCLC were able to register 1,200 for voting.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet-** <span style="color: #0036ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Outlawed literacy tests and other laws that prervented backs from voting. The precentage of black voters rose from 10% to 60%.
 * oting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – It's amazing! Many African American people are coming to register to vote! I believe the precentage of balck voters will increase tremendously.
 * et from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – The greay society is really helping us out. Their giving medicare to the poor. Their helping the elderly, the disenfranchised, the poor, and the women.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – After Johnsons Great Society passed the laws and acts, civil rights leaders could not agree upon what the next step was. Some pushed for more nonviolent attempts, but others like Malcom X wanted a more agressive aproach.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**