Civil+Rights+Movement+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 (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 ** – //Americans thought racism was evil, war made blacks more determined 2 fight 4 equality, blacks gained important resources like money n contacts//

** What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video ) **


 * Tweet ** – //Rosa Parks arrested, blacks boycott buses cuz "they cant operate w/o blacks", walked, carpooled, etc instead. Lasted 13 months, there was opposition//

**What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video ) ** ** Tweet ** – //Ended segregation on Montgomery buses, lead 2 founding of SCLC (coordinated civil rights protests in south), makes MLK famous, brought civil rights movement 2 national attention//

SCLC is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) **
 * Tweet ** – //9 black students integrated into Arkansas school, governor wont let them enter building, Eisenhower sends National Guards 2 school so students can enter//

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** **Tweet** – //Whites wouldn't let black kids enter white school, threatened students with lynching, angry white mob surrounded school 4 3 weeks//

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – // 4 black college students order coffee, waitress doesn't serve them, students sit-in, sit-ins grow n spread 2 other parts in south, forced stores n counters 2 serve blacks //

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – //SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinationg Committee - organized sit-ins and other types of protest 4 young people, increased pressure 4 change in 1960s//

**Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights **

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video ) ** **Tweet –** //group of volunteers take bus from north 2 south 2 challenge segregation in buses, blacks in front of bus, whites in back, refuse 2 move, segregationists beat riders up//

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** **Tweet** – //thousands of children protest peacefully, Bull Connor sends dogs to attack kids, also uses water hoses to get kids, seen on news, horrible images//

** What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ** ** (CA 819-820, video ) ** **Tweet** – //lunch counters desegregated, no segregation signs, more blacks employed in downtown stores <--- in Birmingham, Kennedy pushed civil rights legislation thru Congress//

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video ) ** **Tweet** – //united groups that wanted civil rights laws, Kennedy promised support, MLK had famous "I Have a Dream" speech//

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) **
 * Tweet ** – //Kennedy assassinated, Johnson becomes Pres, passed CRA - banned segregation in public places n created EEOO 2 prevent job discrimination//

EEOO is the Equal Employment Opportunity Office

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) **
 * Tweet ** – //SNCC created voter-registration drives, brought college students 2 Mississippi 2 help, faced murder, beatings, bombings, added 1200 blacks 2 voter polls//

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** **Tweet** – //Johnson used political skills 2 push VRA thru Congress, banned literacy tests n other unfair tests, sent fed officials 2 register voters//

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ( [|video], video )** **Tweet** – //happened cuz activist was beaten, at 1st march was met with fierce police resistance n white mobs, federal troops came n allowed march 2 happen//

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) **
 * Tweet ** – //sends Voting Rights Act of 1965 thru Congress, forced states 2 end discriminatory voting practices//

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** **Tweet** – Group of civil rights acts (i.e. CRA, VRA, MCA), abolished segregation, should greatly help da movement

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** **Tweet** – //made blacks made cuz they lacked political power n economic opportunity, lead 2 riots//

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** **Tweet** – //Some groups want to expand nonviolent struggle, others want movement 2 become more aggressive, groups want to completely separate from whites//

** Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, ** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X] ** ) ** **Tweet** – //Believed in blacks separating from whites when wit NOI, after voyage 2 Mecca believed all races should live together//

** What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( ** [|The Black Panther Party] ** ) ** **Tweet** – //created 4 blacks who wanted 2 use violence, helped needy and poor, wants 2 improve social n economic conditions 4 blacks//