CRMTweets

Civil Rights Movement TWEETS- 5/8/09

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** – WW2+Hitler shows whites racism not accepted in US. A-A's more hungry than ever after war. Blacks w/ more resources: $$$, contacts, in cities.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks arrested, A-A churches issue notice "Negroes don't ride da bus". Continues 4 13 months, results: desegregates buses, SCLC formed, MLK famous.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – **Plans made 4 integration of skools. All 9 students denied access 2 skool by NG. Pres. uses army 2 escort kids 2 skool. Encourages + supporters.** 
 * 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 college kids sit-in at lunch counter. Denied service so bring more people: +100. met w/ defiance but successful. SNCC formed due 2 student support.**

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Tweet – <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Whites sit in back of bus, blacks in front. blacks use white facilities at terminals. segregationists beat white & black freedom riders. **
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * <span style="color: rgb(64,64,64);"> What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – SCLC gathers kids 2 march against Eugene Connor's forces. police use firehoses & dogs. leads 2 desegregation of pub. facilities in B.ham

**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="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">8/8/63, 250K people march threw Washington 'till Lincoln memorial. "I have a dream"- MLK speech. unites groups callin 4 laws. Kennedy supports.

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Bans segregation in public areas. creates EEOC 2 stop job discrim. segregation illegaly threwout US.
 * 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** – '64, SNCC creates voter-regis. drive 4 blacks. northern college kids come 2 volunteer against violence. 1,200 voters registerd. in the end.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – 8/8/65 - banned tests dat kept blacks from votin (literacy). fed. officials register voters. voting % rises across da nation.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Marching from Selma 2 Montgomery 4 voter regis. at bridge meet state troops who attack marchers. seen on TV. Pres. tells governor 2 stop and sends in troops. helps w/ action on votin rights.
 * 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** – **Demand= "end 2 poverty & racial injustice". series of programs 4 needy including CR, VR, medical, and schooling. All designed 2 help nation. helps blacks gain CR and necessary protection.**
 * 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** – <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Some want 2 expand in future w/ nonviolence, others want 2 become more aggressive. Blacks rnt receiving protection; want more 'black power'
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**