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. 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** – Racism associated w/ Hitler after WW2. War made blacks more determined- new resources, e.g money/contacts
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Blacks gave up bus seats, R.P refused to move- Montgomery Boycott led by ML. King- no black people road buses, "mass protest." Violence in Montgomery. ML. King arrested, R.P arrested, -equality success.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – 3 yrs after Brown v Board- Nine black students selected to integrate- Militia came to keep blacks out- angry citizens- Federal gov protects the 9 kids at school- school closed next yr.
 * 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** - Segregated lunch area- black students took turns sitting at white counters (Sit-Ins) - civil disobedience- violent resistance

**Tweet** – Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Organization for young people >>> supported sit-ins
 * Provide a tweet describing SNCC. **


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

**Tweet – ** Black and White freedom riders integrate interstate travel- violence- arrested on arrival in Jackson. 
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – March on Birmingham, children join. Law against protests. MJ.King arrested. Children jailed. 1000 kids join next day. Violence pursues. Birmingham accepts equality. Kennedy pushes for civil rights bill. Makes America look bad (fight against communism).
 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – 250,000 people marched in DC for civil rights. "I have a dream." United many groups, President Kennedy pledged support.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – President Kennedy assassinated. VP L.B.Johnson becomes president. Civil Rights Act 1964 becomes law. Bans segregation in public places. Creates EEOC prevents 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** – SNCC organizes Freedom Summer: "voter-registration drive for Southern blacks." Violence pursues. 1200 added to voting rolls. Leads to Voting Rights Act.,
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Pres. Johnson signs VPA into a law. Bans literacy tests etc keeping blacks from voting. Percentage of black voters increases greatly.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –** Protests segregation in AL. Led by MLKing Jr. Violent resistance. 2nd march proceeds peacefully. president issues 4000 troops to guard the marchers. 3rd march successful.
 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – In light of the marches, President Johnson issues the Voting Rights Act. Added to the 15th amendment.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Great Society passes laws for women, children, elderly, & poor. Promote education and end discrimination. Clean Air Act. Endangered species protection.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Some wanted to take more forceful action. SNCC white members kicked out. Nation of Islam urged blacks to seperate from whites>>> Malcom X.
 * 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** – Slow but sure progress. Encouraged civil rights for other oppressed groups of people.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**