Civil+Rights+Tweets


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

Getting started -
 * Define "Civil Rights" - **
 * Tweet ** – A persons right to social and political freedom. #equality


 * Define "Civil Liberties" - **
 * Tweet ** –A person's freedom to exercise their rights that they are given by the government.

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813)** **Tweet** - Yay- Americans are finally seeing segregation as evil and more African Americans want to win a double victory. #success

**Tweet** –After Rosa Parks got arrested black people are boycotting the buses, without the black business the buses can't run.
 * What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video) **

**What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video) ** **Tweet**– The bus segregation law was challenged in court. Today, the Supreme Court ruled the bus segregation unlawful so blacks could sit wherever they please. #desegregation

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817, **Watch the Video ** ) ** **Tweet** – In September there were 9 student to integrate a white school in Little Rock. Eventually force was needed to integrate the school due to fierce opposition. After this school integration rates shot up.

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** **Tweet** – More than 80% of people don't want integration.The KKK is becoming very active. Many councils are being made to prevent integration. #resistance#racism

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – In February black students went to sit-in at a white lunch counter, later over 100 protester joined. The police controlled the "situation" through water cannons. After this the counters were forced to serve the blacks because they were a large part of their business.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** - The SNCC is the Student National Coordinating Committee which helped fuel the fire of the Civil Rights Movement.


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

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video ) ** **Tweet – Black and white people are riding in buses together in the south to protest segregation. The national government has now outlawed segregation in transportation.**

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** Tweet –

**Tweet** – The protests in Birmingham have lead to leaders desegregating lunch counters, removing segregation signs and making more employment opportunities.
 * 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** – Thanks to the march many civil rights groups are now united and president Kennedy has pledged his support.

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned segregation in hotels restaurants and theater's, it also worked to prevent discrimination in jobs.

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) ** **Tweet** – The SNCC organized a voter registration drive called freedom summer, many of registrants had to endure beating, bombings etc.