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.

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** – Americans saw racism as evil cuz of hitler bing racist, war= african americans more determined to get equality at home, gained resources helping fight segregation thru work nd $
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Montgom. Bus Boycott, because of Parks, black & some white people boycotted bus-hurt bus system cuz lots of black people used it, supreme court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – After Little Rock schools desegregated after brown v board, 9 came to school & angry mob formed by segregat. outside of school. President disgraced, 9 escorted by Nat. guard
 * 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** – start by 4 black collegiates. refused service @ lunch counter. sat at counter neways but insulted by whites til restaurant closed. # of ppl boycotting grew. boycotted til served.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

**Tweet – ** protests against segregation on interstate busing in South, african americans would sit in front and refuse to move, black ppl wud use white only stuff
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

Southern Christian Leadership Conference led boycotts and demonstations downtown-led to more demonstrations, turned violent when police tried to restore order, white police sprays and dogs, jfk restores order w/troops.
 *  What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** –

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">aug. 1963, several hundred thousand people marched in washington d.c. against segregation. they showed the government that the act had to be done soon.

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – //covers lots of stuff- mainly voting rights & segregation, passed to protect african amer. rights, now used by many groups & minorities to get freedom.//
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – sncc organized voter-registration 4 african americans in south, brought northern collegiates to work w/sncc, endured bombings, beating, arrests, murders, and shooting while doing it.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – //1st national law to assure full voting rights of ALL Americans, south tried nething to get afric. amer. not to vote, prevents states from changing election laws by self.//
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – protest segregation in alabama, 1st try ended violently cuz Alabama state troopers used clubs & fired tear gas canisters at marchers, 2nd march ends peacefully.
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – programs 2 help disenfranchised, poor, elderly, & women,promoted education, end discrimination, & protected environment, many still are here today, like medicare
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – civil rights leaders argues bout wat to do nxt, some ppl wanted to b more aggressive in desegregation, when others wantd to xpand nonviolent struggle, violence broke out
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**