crmtweets

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** – The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act made it possible for A.As to be very successful.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – The Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Rosa Parks, Dr. King and the MIA. It started on Dec. 1, 1955 when Rosa didn’t give up her seat to a white man.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – 9 black children were going to join a school the whites said that it wouldn’t happen, the N.G. blocked their entrance then the school integrated.
 * 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** – 9 black children were going to join a school the whites said that it wouldn’t happen, the N.G. blocked their entrance then the school integrated.

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

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Tweet – **
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

Tons of ppl arrested, tons of ppl hurt, on tv, didn’t succeed. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** –
 * <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Arial;">What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** –
 * Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.**

Hundreds of thou. of ppl. marched on D.C. 4 free job chances. I Have A Dream, CRM progressed faster.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** –
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

Helped A.AS vote, end discrimination everywhere.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">A.A <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">S <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;">wanted 2 vote in Ms. And gov. didn’t want that 2 happen. A.A <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">S <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;"> overcame and could vote. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** –
 * What was Freedom Summer?**
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

Helped A.AS vote, end discrimination everywhere.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** –
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

Protest seg. in Al. led by church. Tons of ppl. 3 tries a charm.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** –
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">About social =ty. Enforcement.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Added women and Mexican-americans. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**