Civil+Rights+Tweets

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

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813)** ** What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video ) ** **Tweet** – Blacks started the bus boycott, in which the blacks refused to ride the bus causing them to not operate. **What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video ) ** ** Tweet ** – The Bus Boycotts made the civil rights movement public. People were seeing the actions taken towards Civil Rights on the news. Civil disobedience started to occur, those doing it were peaceful, but endured a lot of violence. **What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – In Little Rock, blacks began the Sit- Ins, which were when blacks would sit in "white" diners and restaurants. By doing this, they received a lot of beatings and were called many horrible things. **What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** **Tweet** - The "massive resistance" was a time in which desegregation of schools was close, and started with 9 african americans being enrolled at Central High School. National Guard members were forced to protect the nine blacks on September 3d. **What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – In Greensboro, 4 black men chose to sit in a "white" diner for the whole day in order to desegregate. So many protesters started to arrive segregationists hurt, and arrested many, but the idea of Sit - Ins spread all over the south. **Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – Civil Rights supporting citizens, started the SNCC or the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. this was created to increase the pressure put for change of black rights. **Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights **
 * Tweet ** – Changes like racism being seen as evil, the War making africans more determined, and gaining important resources made the efforts of the blacks more successful.

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video ) ** **Tweet –** On freedom rides, blacks would ride on buses all over the South in "white" seats in order to desegregate the buses. ** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** **Tweet** – Project C was created to have children protest, so when they were taken to jail, it wouldn't affect the environment at home so the parents could continue working. This also made those arresting the children look evil. ** What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ** ** (CA 819-820, video ) ** **Tweet** – The protests caused leaders to desegregate lunch counters, remove segregation signs, and employ blacks. **What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">video ) ** **Tweet** – The march caused many protesters to join in and help the fight for civil rights, and called for passage of rights laws and President Kennedy agreed with. **What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** – The Civil Rights act, called for desegregation of all public places, and also created equal employment. **What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Freedom Summer], <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">video ** ) ** **Tweet** – Freedom Summer was a group of people that protested in Alabama for voting rights for blacks. **Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** **Tweet** – Johnson pushed a voting rights bill through Congress which ultimatley gave blacks the right to vote. **Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|video], <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">video )**
 * Tweet ** – The march was led by blacks and King, but were almost stopped when whites attacked, and fought the blacks, but in the end, they were escorted by officers.

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) ** **Tweet** – Johnson passed a law that gave all African Americans voting rights. **Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** **Tweet** – The Great Society was a movement to end poverty and racial injustice. It also created many movements that are still around today. **Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** **How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** **Tweet** – The fight became slower and slower after the death of King, and the struggles, were more in bursts instead of all out protesting. ** Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, ** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X] ** ) ** **Tweet** – Malcolm X had thoughts of all races, not just whites and blacks, living together in harmony, and rejected separatists, but was shot down before he could spread his word by islams. ** What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( ** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|The Black Panther Party] ** ) ** **Tweet** – THe Black Panthers were formed in California in order to keep the poor and hungry in check, and also to act as police officers by arming themselves with guns.
 * Tweet ** – In the North, whites heavily discriminated against blacks, and riots broke out, ultimately getting King assassinated in 1968.