CRM+Tweets

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – More people saw racism as evil after seeing concentration camps and what Adolf Hitler did to the Jewish people.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Montgomery bus boycott happened, King arrested, didn't care, outlawed bus segregation. King starts as leader of Civil Rights.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – Nine black students chosen to integrate school. State militia tried to stop them. White students angry. Black needed military convoy to protect. Was successful
 * 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** – 4 black students sat at the lunch counters and were beaten and had food thrown at them. Became a wide used tactic. Called sit-ins

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** **Tweet** - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Students come together to arrange sit-ins and freedom rides.


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

**Tweet – Black and Whites traveled by bus together in interstate busses. Very weird at time. Stopped segregation of interstate busses ** 
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – Blacks including King marched even against orders to stop. Children started to join because only miss school. Because of violence Kennedy had enough, started pushing for rights.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** ** Tweet **  - Hundreds of thousands marched to DC do demonstrate civil rights. Changed people's attitudes. Aside from rights they wanted jobs as well. King "i have a dream."

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Banned segregation in public areas, made EEOC to stop job segregation. Helped make life as we know it today.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – People trying to get as many registered black voters in Mississippi. During this, many people were killed arrested and wounded.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Says that race cant make it so you cant vote. Banned things like literary tests to help African American's vote.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Demonstration in March to protest segregation in Alabama, last of 3 marches, first march was broken up by troops.
 * 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** – Pres said that he didnt want any more violence and sent people to protect the marchers.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Helped people that had rights taken away and pushed for integration of schools.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Chicago rejected all tries by the SCLC when they tried to integrate public facilities.
 * 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** – Progress almost came to a halt because of King and Malcom X being killed.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**