Tweets+from+the+Civil+Rights+movement

(5/9/12) 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!) Kat 1-3 (and oral history topic) Nada4-7

Getting started -


 * Define "Civil Rights" -Nada **
 * Tweet ** –Citizens should have the right to freedom and equality. #freedomandequality4life
 * Define "Civil Liberties" -Nada **
 * Tweet ** –Civil liberties are the abilities to exercise one's freedoms and rights legally. # excerciseyourfreedoms

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

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813)-Kat** ** Tweet ** – Americans began to see racism as evil! And African Americans began to fight harder for equality and got resources from being segregated! #finallythingschange


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

**Tweet** – Why do people have to boycott? The church members boycotted after the arrest of Roso Parks by sitting in the front of the bus! #Boycottingchangedsociety

**What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video)-Kat ** **Tweet** – The boycott in Montgomery, ended segregation, led to the founding of southern christian leadership conference, and made Dr. King one of the best known civil rights leaders in the nation. #changeinthemaking

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817, **Watch the Video ** )-Kat ** **Tweet** –

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816)-Nada ** Tweet–White power structures are resisting against the legal victories that provided the foundation for the civil rights movement. #resisting (picture?)

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817)-Nada ** **Tweet** –Groups of African Americans would form sit-ins at local restaurants and although they were insulted by white groups, they would not leave until the restaurant closed. #justsitting-in

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817)-Nada ** **Tweet**– SNCC in charge ofexpanding voter registration drive, immediately recruiting white college students from the North. #studentnonviolentcoordinatingcommittee



Nada 1-3 Kat4-6


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

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video) ** **Tweet – Groups of white and black men would ride around challenging discriminatory laws. #ridin'theirwaytofreedom**

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** Tweet –75 Children were packed into a cell, intended for 8, after being harassed. #thecostoffreedom

**Tweet** –The impact was that the president said enough, and Birmingham accepted the demands of the freedom marchers. #seekingjustice
 * 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** –MOW- led to many united groups that called for passage of civil rights laws! It led it, the civil rights act of 1946, and voting rights! #onespeechcanchangetheworld

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** ** Tweet ** –Don't we want segregation to end everywhere? This act banned segregation in public places, such as hotels, restaurants, and theaters. I also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to prevent job discrimination.#goodbyesegregation

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) ** **Tweet** – Freedom summer brought Northern college student into Mississippi to work with SNCC organizers. This was an voter-registration drive for Southern Blacks. #canigetawhatwhat

SECTION 3! (5/14/12) Nada: 1-4 Kat: 5-8

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** **Tweet** – Outlawing discriminatory voting practices, this act helped African Americans take a step closer to freedom. #onestepatatime

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video)** **Tweet** –Thousands of non-violence people marched to D.C. in hopes of desegregating many areas.#marchintodesegregation

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) ** **Tweet** –President Johnson and the Congress later passed the Voting Rights Act. #equalvotingforbothraces

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** **Tweet** –In Johnson's Great Society, he seeks ending poverty and racial injustice which will help move the movement along. #thanksjohnson

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** **Tweet** –Northerners have the same thought about segregation as southerners! no dissegregation! #violencceerupted #isthereneeedforchange?

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** ** Tweet ** –MLK was assassinated, and the movement for civil rights had slow progress for African Americans. #struggleforequality

**Tweet** – Picturing a world where all races could live together in peace? But his ideas had little time to spread! #toolatebuddayy
 * Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, ** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X] ** ) **

**Tweet** – These were people who served in balck communities as police officers, giving food to the needy, and publishing newspapers, and ect. #threatingthenation
 * What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( ** [|The Black Panther Party] ** ) **