Tweets+from+the+Civil+Rights+Movement

**Tweet** – //** Plessey overturned by SC, separate is not equal, schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”, bye bye Jim Crow? Will be some opposition! #morechangecoming **//
 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important?**

(that’s 140 characters with a hash tag and a pic … and a pretty complete tweet!)

Getting started -

Tweet–The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
 * Define "Civil Rights" -**


 * Define "Civil Liberties" -**
 * Tweet ** –one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country and protected by the government.

**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 began to see that racism was evil and recognized that it had no place in the US. Plus, African Americans were determined to win war at home.


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

**Tweet** –Rosa Parks and MLK #take a stand. Boycotted for 13 months, they used other transportation and received many warnings. Has 101 Airborne Division escort them in to HS. **What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video) ** **Tweet**–Bus segregation challenged in #SupremeCourt & ruled unconstitutional. It help found SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), which coordinates civil rights protest. **What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 816, **Watch the Video ** ) ** **Tweet**–9 AA students enrolled in Central HS, Sept. 1957, in Little Rock, AR. Governor Oval Farbus agreed to stop them, until Eisenhower had #101AirborneDivision escort them to HS.

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** Tweet –Whites agree with segregation. Also, they take a stand, while the KKK begins to terrorize and stop the blacks from protesting or resisting segregation.

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet**–4 AA college students went to lunch at a store to "sit in". Got more protesters. Many Were threatened, Form many groups and even get some counters to allow blacks to eat.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** –Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, increased pressure to change and desegregate, but changing without violence or harm.#pressurebuilding


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

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video) ** **Tweet –Black and whites shared buses to fight segregation. In 1961, segregation while transporting in buses was banned.**

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video]** ) ** **Tweet** –MLK writes Letter from Birmingham Jail. Began nearly 1000 protesters and ending the day with more than 700 arrested.

**Tweet** –1000 children in jail one day and Birmingham leaders accepted freedom riders. JFK agreed to push civil rights setting a precedent.
 * What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **** (CA 819-820, video) **

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video) ** **Tweet** –Helped create Civil Right Act and I Have a Dream Speech, his dream for equality and freedom. Also, helped improve chance for blacks to get jobs. #dreams4ever

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** – The act prevented segregation to African Americans and also prohibited women from being discriminated. Prohibitions in public places or in other major ways.

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, **[|Freedom Summer], video** ) ** **Tweet**–Campaign, June 1964. An attempt to have African Americans vote in Mississippi. Set up dozens of freedom schools organized by the Council of Federated Organizations.

**Section 3**

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** **Tweet** –It banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote. The Black percentage who had been previously affected, jumped from 10% to 60%.

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video)** **Tweet** – George Wallace ordered marches couldn't leave Selma. Marchers were attacked by troopers, forced back across the bridge (aka Bloody Sunday). ** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) ** **Tweet**–LBJ/Congress pressured to enact new voting rights legislation by marches. Joe Lewis (chairman of the SNCC) ?ed how LBJ sent troops to Vietnam, Congo, Africa, and couldn't send any to Selma.

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** **Tweet** –It provided a series of programs to help the disenfranchised, poor, elderly, and women. Its legislation promoted education, ended discrimination, and protected environment.

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** **Tweet** –SCLC/others want to expand nonviolent movement. Some want to be more aggressive. North didn't deny AAs rights, but whites discriminated them.Led to many riots in late 60s #goriots

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** **Tweet** –With frustration of lack of economic/political power riots broke out. Some blacks were against and wanted to stick to non-violent organizations and cooperate with whites.

**Tweet** –He rejected the separatist ideas of Islam and left group. Pictured world where all races go live together in peace. But in 1965 he was killed by his former Islamic members.
 * Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 823, **[|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X]** ) **

**Tweet**–Founded in Oakland, 1966. Popular for there aggressive, Maoism, uniforms, & willingness to bear arms near authorities. Wouldn't stop using force for self-defense like Malcolm X.
 * What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( **[|The Black Panther Party]** ) **