Tweets

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** – Fight for equality since fought in war, more resources to help fight segregation.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks sit where she wants, bus segregation law unconstitutional, more civil rights protest, Dr. King is well known civil rights leader
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – 9 black kids integrate at white HS, men called to tell they would drive them to school, governor- Faubus has Nat. Gaurd not allow kids in, Eisenhower tells Faubus to obey law.
 * 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** – Sit ins begin, black people sit at restrant and stay until demands r met, stores forcd to serve blacks, SNCC formed- civil rits movment increases and so doz pressure 4 change.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

**Tweet – ** CORE wants to desegregate interstate buses, kennedy sends fed. marshals 2 protect riders, ordered to integrate buses.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 *  What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – Blacks want to integrate public places, King arrested, children on birmingham march r shot with fire hoses, all this horror seen on TV, white leaders employ blacks, less segregation

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – March on Wash. was demonstration with many people, King delivers "I have dream" speech, united civil rights groups, kennedy gives support.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – JFK dead, Lyndon makes Civil Rights Act of 1964- bans segregation in public places, segregation: illegal in U.S.
 * 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** – North college students work with SNCC, beaten and injured while doing work, added 1200 blacks to voter registration rolls.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Bans laws that will keep black people from voting, sent federal officials to register voters, black people in Selma increases 10%-60%
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Selma Alabama has vas voter registration drive, include march to Montgomery, state troopers attack and broadcast on TV, pushes for action on voting 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** – Great society ends poverty and racial injustice, makes programs to help poor, old, woman, promote education, stop discrimination, protect environment
 * 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** – Civil rights leaders have different views of what to do nxt- expand nonviolent struggle or more aggressive, not enough political power, great leaders assasinated (MLK jr. and Malcom X)
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**