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** – War made African Americans more determined to win equality. They gained important resources to help them fight segregation. **What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?** **Tweet** – African American stayed off the buses because of Rosa Parks’ arrest. The results were that it ended segregation on Montgomery buses. Dr. King became very well known.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** **Tweet** – 9 African American kids enrolled at Central High School. They wanted to desegregate schools in Little Rock. President Eisenhower allowed the kids into the school.

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** **Tweet** – Sit- ins were organized. People sit in place and not move until their demands are met. They were effective. Many lunch counters started serving African Americans.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

**Tweet –** Made to desegregate interstate buses. Government issued an order to desegregate the buses. Riders achieved their goal.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

** What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ** **Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** **Tweet** –  1963: hundred thousands, march to dc, for civil rights&against segregration. King delivers Dream speech. told Government: action needed!
 * Tweet** – African Americans wanted to desegregate public facilities and gain better jobs. Violence was used on protesters. Segregation signs were removed and were employed.

**Tweet** – Enforced right to vote. Outlawed segregation in schools and other public places and by government programs.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

**What was Freedom Summer?** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Mississippi 1964: wanted voting spirit for African Americans to keep up. Campaign for voting registration, African Americans harmed/killed.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Very successful civil rights act.anyone allowed to vote no matter what. Raised African American registration. Blocked opposition from south.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – March 1965: to protest segregation in Alabama. 54 mile journey.Stopped many times by police. Prompted voting rights act.
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Johnson to American-seek “great society that demands an end to poverty and racial injustice”. Provided series of programs to help.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Civil rights leaders disagree.Still some discrimination.King and SCLC protest in Chicago,others riot. other African Americans reject whites.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**