Civil+Rights+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 (I'm sure you do, from your friendly English teacher), 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, videos, 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. Make sure your tweets are complete and cover a great deal about the topic ... but are limited in size! Don't worry too much - 140 is just a ballpark figure.

**EXAMPLE TWEET – 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 be some opposition! **// (that’s 138 characters … and a pretty complete tweet!)

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement**

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813)** **Tweet** – More Americans saw racism as evil, African Americans were determined to gain equality, and they had important resources to help them fight segregation.

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

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks was on a bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man. They then began to boycott the bus system. MLK Jr. was the leader and they carpooled and walked. King was fined but continued and bus lost tons of money.

**What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video ) ** **Tweet** – The bused lost 35,00 fares everyday. Segregated buses were ruled unconstitutional. MLK was an influential leader. Civil Disobedience.

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – The Little Rock Nine were scheduled to be integrated in the Little Rock Public High School. They tried to use military to keep them out. Many protested and were violent. Escorted the nine to school. State challenging Federal Law.

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** **Tweet** – Following after Ghandi. It was peaceful protesting and civil disobedience.

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – 4 freshman colored student sat on the bar of a diner reserved for rights. They did sit-ins regularly. Passive resistance. They were attacked. Nashville became first city to desegregate it's public facilities.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee increased the pressure to change in the civil rights movement.

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

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video ) ** **Tweet –** Go into the south on buses to challenge segregated facilities and buses by CORE and were attacked brutally.

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** **Tweet** – Thousands of children marched through Birmingham, firemen used high pressure hoses and they used police dogs.

** What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ** ** (CA 819-820, video ) ** **Tweet** – Many recorded what was going on and were appalled by how horribly the African American children were treated. Began to change segregation and they began to plan the march on Washington.

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video ) ** **Tweet** – Landmark in US history. Many felt the impact of MLKs speech.

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** – The law banned segregation in public places. Also made the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prevent job discrimination.

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) ** **Tweet** – African Americans were legally allowed to vote and so many tried to help them register so that they could vote.

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** **Tweet** – Banned literacy tests and other laws that kept African Americans from registering to vote.

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ( [|video], video )** **Tweet** –There was a march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights. People were attacked violently because they tried to get African Americans to register to vote.

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) ** **Tweet** –

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** **Tweet** – It helped to promote education, end discrimination which helped the movement, disenfranchise the poor, elderly, and women.

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** **Tweet** –There were protests in Chicago. It led to a series of riots MLK was killed. The country became frustrated.

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** **Tweet** – It is dividing between whether to use violence during protests or to be nonviolent.

** Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, ** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X] ** ) ** **Tweet** – Wanted African Americans to be separate and not integrated. Wants African Americans to respond to violence and defend themselves.

** What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( ** [|The Black Panther Party] ** ) ** **Tweet** – A group that monitored police service and actions, helped poor and needy, and published a newspaper. Number 1 threat to national security.