CRM+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 (I'm sure you do, from your friendly English teacher), 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, videos, 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 complete and cover a great deal about the topic ... but are limited in size! Don't worry too much - 140 is just a ballpark figure. Hashtags (#) can be added to a few tweets to identify major topics or creative associations for the content you are describing. To gt super creative on a few, toss in a twitpic of the event or idea as well! Carefully examine the example and use it as a guide ...

**Tweet** – // ** Plessey overturned by SC, separate is not equal, schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”, bye bye Jim Crow? Will be some opposition! #morechangecoming ** //
 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important? **

(that’s 140 characters with a hashtag and a pic … and a pretty complete tweet!)

Getting started -


 * Define "Civil Rights" - **
 * Tweet ** – Rights for everyone, not only some, everyone born with them, will cause lots of problems, government must treat you like this #problematic


 * Define "Civil Liberties" - **
 * Tweet ** – specific right, freedom, individual right from a specific thing, will be fought over, protections #changetocome

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement**

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813)** **Tweet** –racism=EVIL to America, more determined to win, resources help to support black freedom #helpfulchanges


 * What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video) **

** Tweet ** – Rosa Parks arrested=Montgomery Bus Boycott, avoid busses to stop the segregation, SC rules bus segregation law unconstitutional, SCLC formed, Dr. King becomes well known #Dr.Kingbegins

**What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video) ** **Tweet** –SCLS-Southern Christian Leadership Conference, coordinates civil rights protests, Dr. King begins his works, becomes very famous #attackingsegregation

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817, **Watch the Video ** ) ** ** Tweet ** – 9 African Americans want to go to public high school. Dont get let in. Pres orders Army to go to town and lets them in. #schoolintegration

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** ** Tweet ** – Massive Resistance to desegregation of school. It could be a problem # schoolintegration

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** ** Tweet ** – Sit in in diner in Greensboro. Wont serve African Americans at the counter. Wont leave. Sit ins now all across South. #changingtimes

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** ** Tweet ** – Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee has formed. Group plans to set up non violent protest. #achangingsouth


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

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video) ** **Tweet – Kennedy, Congress of Racial Equality(CORE) helps to provide desegregated interstate busses, attacks on freedom riders causes Kennedy to send guards of the riders, #nationalgovgettinginvolved**

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** **Tweet** – Children gather against segregation, 2500 in jail total, 2000 children #segregationcrumbling

**Tweet** – no more segregation in public facilities, King's hotel is bombed, KKK involved, protests organized and are beaten #segregationcrumbling
 * What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **** (CA 819-820, video) **

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video) ** **Tweet** – "I have a Dream" speech, King, unites groups to provide passage of civil right laws, Kennedy promises to support #presvs.segregation

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** –Kennedy assasinated, Johnson takes place to continue, passes law that banned segregation in public areas #segregationillegal

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) ** **Tweet** – Difficult to register to vote for blacks, protest against Citizens Council, leader shot and killed #difficultvoting

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** ** Tweet ** – very difficult to register to vote, SNCC comes to register 1200 black citizens, attacks on desegregationists, pres sends in troops to protect them, law is passed and bans literacy tests and other laws to hinder a black's vote, 10%-60% vote, #easyvoting

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video)** ** Tweet ** –African Americans try to march from Selma to Montgomery to pass right to vote. Met with violence but federal order lets it go on. #newdays

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) ** **Tweet** –Johnson supports turned around Selma marchers. Lets them continue and shows support. #gainingpower

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** ** Tweet ** – Johnson trying to improve America by introducing programs to help with health. Civil rights bill passed. #equalitysoon?

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** ** Tweet ** –King and SCLC go to Chicago to try to solve segregation. Ends in violence. #littleaccomplished

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** **Tweet** – Civil Rights movement starting to split. Some want non-violence and some want more violent actions. #whatwillcomenext

**Tweet**– Malcolm X puts forth ideas of black pride, self-sufficiency, and self-defense. Goes against rest of civil rights movement. #gainingpopularity
 * Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, ** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X] ** ) **

**Tweet** – Black Panther Party formed in Oakland. Group is leftist and not afraid to use violence #blackpower
 * What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( ** [|The Black Panther Party] ** ) **

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