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** – More Americans begin to oppose racism, ending of WWll make African Americans more determined to gain freedom at home, African Americans gain more resources.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks arrested, African Americans stop riding buses, called Montgomery bus boycott, lasted 13 months, supreme court gave bus freedom to African Americans.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – Segregation in Little Rock schools headed by governor Orval Faubus, Eisenhower sent Airborne Division to protect African American children, allowed them to enter all schools.
 * 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** – Segregated stores, lots of protesters, used method called a sit-in to protest, increased pressure for change, SNCC formed.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

**Tweet – ** Created by CORE, made to desegregate interstate buses, Kennedy helped protect freedom riders, in four months federal government issued order integrating interstate bus facilities.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial;">What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – African Americans saw Birmingham as a great chance to expose evils of segregation, MLK arrested, nation horrified of white cruelty, more rights given to African Americans.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Events of Birmingham created more hate towards racism, 250,000 people marched in front of Lincoln Memorial, King made dream speach, united groups for civil rights.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Banned segregation in public places, created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, created equal voting rights.
 * 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** – College students came south to help the SNCC, made to help African Americans vote, helped 1,200 African Americans vote.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Banned literacy tests and other laws that restricted African American voting, sent federal officials to register voters, increased percentage of African American voters.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Laws helped the poor and racial injustice, new federal funds for education, helped protect and clean the environment, will help African Americans protest wealth.
 * 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** – Disagreement between civil rights leaders, MLK assassinated, Malcolm X assassinated.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**