CRM+tweets

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – Brown vs. Board case success, more desegregation, changing attitudes
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – RParks didn't move for a white person, Bus Boycott was result. Black people start carpooling to ensure success. MLK becomes leader in CRM movement. Made segregation in buses illegal.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – No blacks in Central High before 1957; 9 students selected 4 integration. Gov. of Ark. uses militia to stop kids from getting in. Pres. Eisenhower sends fed. troops to help students get in.
 * 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** – Black and white students sat at white counters until they were served. Lead to desegregation of counters in many cities. Known as civil disobedience.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** **Tweet** –it was an organization of young people that civil rights leaders supported


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

**Tweet – Whites and blacks ride together in buses around the South, challenging segregation. Face violence. Eventual ban on segregation in interstate travel. ** 
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – Most segregated city in U.S. Dr. King arrested 4 protest. Children protest and r arrested. Lots of violence second day. JFK wants CR legislature.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** **Tweet** – CR and labor leaders join together to march from Washington Monument 2 lincoln memorial. Many leaders speak. MLK gives famous speech. Impact includes uniting many groups and the passage of several civil rights laws.

**Tweet** – It banned segregation in public places and prevented job segregation.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

**Tweet** – It brought Northern college students into Mississippi to help get African Americans 2 vote. They met opposition, but were still successful.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – It banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from voting.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – March protesting segregation in Alabama. Stopped twice before it succeeded. LBJ has troops protect the marchers.
 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Sent Voting Rights Act to Congress.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – a series of programs designed 2 help those less fortunate and/or in need. It helps promote education and end discrimination.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – no segregation laws in North whites simply discriminated. The attempted changes brought about a number of riots, including in Chicago.
 * Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Some African Americans rejected nonviolence and cooperation from whites. Nation of Islam encouraged blacks to break away from whites.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**