Civil+Rights+Tweets

Civil Rights Movement TWEETS

So many events in the Civil Rights Movement – imagine of 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** – Racism seen evil--remembered Holocaust, gained resources (worked, made more $, formed contracts), risked lives in WWII, should b equal.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Bus boycotts, stopped riding buses, end segregation on buses, formation of SCLC (coordinate protests), made MLK big civil rights leader.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – Try desegregate Central High, nine kids, one didn't get the call--rode bus to schl. Eisenhower called in jeeps with guns, escorted in.
 * 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 AA college kids, sit-in, desegregate lunch counter, weeks later over 1,000 protesters, many were abused, effective protest tactic.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

 <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Tweet – ** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Activists try to desegregate interstate buses, Kennedy sent group of marshals to protect riders, govt later integrated buses.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">What happened on the Freedom Rides? **

** What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Intergrate public facilities, knew attacking nonviolent protesters would make change, finally agreed to desegregate lunch counters, move segregation signs.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Build support for civil rights legislation, march ended @ Lincoln mem, MLK dream speech, united many groups, Kennedy promised support.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Banned segregation in public places, prevented job discrimination, segregation=illegal.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">SNCC organized a voter-registration drive for southern blacks, volunteers endured abuse, but added AAs to voter rolls.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">Banned literacy tests that kept blacks from voting, sent federal officials to register voters.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – Protested about voter-registration, state troppers attacked the, broadcasted on national tv, pressure for action rose.
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"> Provided help to poor, elderly, women, promoted education, outlawed discrimination, helps stop poverty/racial injustice.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;">MLK assassinated, some AAs rejected nonviolent ways, wanted to take a more powerful role in the US.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**