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 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** –
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

More ppl thought tht discrimination was wat led to dictators in Europe, and didn't want tht to happen in America, and African Americans were more determined than ever.

**Tweet** – Rosa parks didn't give up her seat for a white passenger, after segregation was banned for transportation.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – 9 african americans tried 2 attnd little rck centrl hs, bt ppl didnt believe in integrating skools, and federal govt had 2 get involved to allow the 9 kids to go 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** –  4 african american college kids looking for an affective way to achieve free access to public places stayed sitting at a lunch counter till closing even though they were refused 2 be served.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

**Tweet – African Americans wuld sit in the frnt of buses, where only whtes were allowed 2 sit, leaving whites having 2 sit in the seats for black people. ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 9, 9);">African Americans prtested 4 integration of public places + bttr jobs. Lunch counters were desegregated + more black people were employed
 * <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial;">What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** –

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Tweet** – 250,000 people marhed through Washington, and at the Lincoln memorial MLK gave his " I have a dream..." speech.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Tweet** – Banned segregation in public places, and created equal employment to stop job discrimination.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Tweet** – SNCC started a voter registration for southern blacks. Endured bombings, beating arrests, and murder.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Tweet- First law guaranteeing voting rights to all Americans.**
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Tweet** – 3 different marches protesting segregation in Alabama that were meant to be peaceful.
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Tweet** – Johnson wants equality he= political figure on our side.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Tweet** – In later years woman started pushing more for their rights to affecting dividing everyone. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**