CRM+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!)

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?** **Tweet** – Racism = evil because of Hitler, Afr. Americans more determined bc of fight 4 freedom in Europe, moved to cities, more contact w/ eachother.

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks started bus boycott, after 13 months, buses became integrated. Southern Christian Leadership Conference made MLK important civil rights leader. 
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** –  School going to integrate with 9 students, but segregationists stopped them. Prez sent troops to escort students 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** –  Sit-in at lunch counter spread to other states. Segregationists get violent, protesters went to jail! Forced stores to desegregate.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights 

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet –** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Different races rode buses in South for integration, Kennedy sent troops to protect riders, integrated interstate buses.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * <span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"> What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – Boycotted stores, sit-in demonstrations. Violent response, many arrested. Segregation stopped and more African Americans got jobs.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Marched for civil rights and for integration. Ended at Lincoln Memorial with MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. Showed gov't action needed, Kennedy pomised suipport.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> No segregation in public! Equal Employment Opportunity Commision for job discrimination. Segregation OUTLAWED After JFK's death.
 * 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** – Northern college students work with SNCC for voting rights. Segregationists respond w/ violence.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Full voting rights of African Americans, banned literacy tests and other laws. Impact: raised % of voters.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Marchers attacked when crossing bridge. Violence on nat'l tv. Johnson sent troops to protect protestors and used public's anger to encourage voting rights act.
 * 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** – Programs to help elderly & poor women. Promoted education & environmentalism, ended discrimination.
 * 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** – Leaders disagreed - expand nonviolent struggle or more aggressive approach. MLK assassinated. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**