Civil+Right+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.

**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** – The movement began to garner increased Caucasian support, thus leading to more national support & recognition.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Yr. long boycott of city busses to vie for the desegregation of them. Movement became very famous & lead to bus segregation being ruled unconstitutional. **Tweet** – International attention attracted when 9 black students embarked on the desegregation movement of Arkansas; retalliation and violence occured in resistence.
 * 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 students of NC A&T aimed to desegregate Woolworth's lunch counter; denied service multiple times but many joined movement. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed w/ other students.  **Tweet- Founded 5/1960 to coordinate Southern Black Students in nonviolent protests.**
 * Provide a tweet describing SNCC.**


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

**Tweet – **  Whites & Blacks traveled the nation to protest interstate segregation on buses.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – Peace march resulting in mass arrests, children joined marches and thousands experienced violence & were arrested. PK accepted the marchers' demands for desegregation.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Supporting CRA

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Enforced the Constitutional rights regarding voting, & fair jurisdiction.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –Act outlawed voting practices that were discriminitory leading to widespread disenfranchisement of Blacks. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – 3 marches in 1965 that were the peak of politically & emotionally of CRM. "We Shall Overcome" lead to passing of 1965 Voting Rights Act **
 * What was Freedom Summer?**
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**
 * 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** – Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard to protect marchers.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –Created many movements & acts to help establish race equality & advancement ie: Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –Most ambitious movement, est. the North's feeling of Blacks nationally.
 * 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** –The movement is seperating to not only support race but also gender issues.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**