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. Make sure your tweets are comlpete and cover a great deal about the topic ... but are limited in size! Don't worry too much - 140 is just a ballpark figure.

**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!)
 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important?**

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – The origins of the Civil Rights movement is the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, in 1909.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – The Montgomery Bus Boycott. Big success. Made it illegal for segregated buses in Montgomery. Also brings in Martin Luther King Jr., who becomes a major leader because of this.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – 9 African American students were put in Central high school to de-segregate it. Riots formed and the president had to step in to enforce integration. The nine students had to be escorted everyday to school by military men, but they went to school.
 * 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** – Greensboro Sit-ins started by Franklin McCain and 3 of his classmates. These sit-ins were people sitting at white luch counters and asking for service, which was an important movement in civil rights.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** **Tweet** – Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Led by students, this was inspired by the sit-ins. Policies of nonviolent protest.


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

**Tweet – ** Whites and Blacks travel together in order to protest inter-state travel. They wanted to end inter-state segregation. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> On April 12, 1963 Many leaders and people marched down the streets in Birmingham, Alabama. Many children and leaders arrested and then violence was used to stop them.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**
 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** –

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – In August 1963, several hundred thousand people marched into Washington, DC to protest segregation. Impact includes people __everywhere__ knew what was going on and led to the Civil Rights Act.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Enacted on July 2, 1964, this addressed man aspects of segregation, especially voting rights. Originally used to protect A.A. rights, many groups used this to fight segregation.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – By the end of the summer 6 black members were killed, 80 were beaten, 35 were shot at, 30 churches were burned, and 30 buildings were bombed. This violence radicalized A.A.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Most successful Civil Rights Act. Guaranteed voting rights for all Americans.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – The Selma to Montgomery Marches were on March 21-25, 1965, to protest segregation in Alabama. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Four days later, President Johnson mobilized 4,000 Alabama National Guard troops to guard the marchers and issued Executive Order 3645, which authorized any help necessary to secure the safety of the marchers. **Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tweet ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> – Johnson supported the protesting. He tried to help by making laws to enforce equal rights/ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">African Americans were very upset about their lack of opportunities. This led to riots.
 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**
 * Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – In the 60's the movement expanded to people of Mexican and Native American decent who also wanted equal rights.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**