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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 (I'm sure you do, from your friendly English teacher), 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, videos, 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 complete and cover a great deal about the topic ... but are limited in size! Don't worry too much - 140 is just a ballpark figure.

EXAMPLE TWEET – 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 be some opposition! (that’s 138 characters … and a pretty complete tweet!)

Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813) Tweet – They saw racism as evil, Americans also thought that racist beliefs started and help the rise of Adolf Hitler. African Americans really wanted to win equal rights at home, fight for freedom and fighting for the country.

What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video) Tweet – Rosa Parks wouldn't give up her seat for a white and got arrested, African Americans issued a notice that no African Americans should ride the buses cause then they cant operate.

What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? (CA 815, video) Tweet – Because of it Supreme court passed a law saying blacks could sit anywhere they pleased on the public buses.

What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event? (CA 817) Tweet – ﻿ There were National guards guarding the school so only whites could get in to the public school, because of this blacks were escorted to school by armed guards and lined the streets to protect students as they entered school.

What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South? (CA 816) Tweet – White didn't like that the black were protesting so they started to beat and kill African Americans. Also black move to city's to work and to make change in segregation.

What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event? (CA 817) Tweet – ﻿ Blacks would sit-in at a cafe or store and wouldn't leave, the waitress wouldn't feed them cause they were black so they would sit there and sit there and come back the next day and do it again. This spread around south blacks would be beating and brought to jail, but they didn't give in.

Provide a tweet describing SNCC. (CA 817) Tweet – ﻿They tried to do as much as they could to pressure equal right and change.

Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights

What happened on the Freedom Rides? (CA 818, video) Tweet – Black would fill into buses and take them all around, many black were beaten no madder gender or age.

Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? (Project "C" in Birmingham, video) Tweet – The Black children were hosed down, beaten, and jailed in the streets of Birmingham.

What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? (CA 819-820, video) Tweet – It will give blacks the anger they need to push forward for a victory

What was the impact of the March on Washington? (CA 820, video) Tweet – The march ended at the Lincon Memorial and then MLK jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (CA 820) Tweet – Banned segregation in public places and created equal employment to prevent job discrimination.

What was Freedom Summer? (CA 821, Freedom Summer, video) Tweet – It was a Mississippi campaign to get as many African Americans registered to vote as possible. It also made freedom schools and freedom houses.

Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (CA 821) Tweet – i t banned literacy tests and oher laws that kept blacks from voting and also sent federal officals to register voters. This was made to enforce the voting rights of African Americans.

Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. (video, video) Tweet – On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S. Route 80, but were stopped short when lawmen attacked them harshly.

Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. (The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL) Tweet – He sent in military and blacks were beat up it was so scary i almost cried.

Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement? (CA 822) Tweet – ﻿The Great Society is made to "end poverty and racial injustice" is also helps the elderly and women too. This helps to promote education, the Secondary School Act was passed that provides federal fund for education which is still around to day like many others that were passed.

Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822, Chicago Freedom Movement). Tweet – In the north there were not as many segregation laws, but still some white wouldn't hire blacks and etc. Black got very angry with there lack in power. in the late 1960's there were many riots and many people were killed along with the assassination on MLK Jr.

How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s? (CA 822-823) Tweet – ﻿Some blacks started to give up the nonviolence because they got very frustrated. Riots started to break out and more than 45 blacks were killed in these.

Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. (CA 822, The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X) Tweet – rejected separatist ideas of the nation of islam

What is the story with the Black Panthers? (The Black Panther Party) Tweet – the black panther party was fighting for freedom but instead of staying no violence the would fight and use violence unlike MLK jr. Way.