Tweets

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet **  – 
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**
 * Black gave up buses and started to car pool more. No violence. Dr. King-leader of civil movement. Rosa parks didn't give up seat- arrested**

** Tweet- Boycott was very successful after one long year of people working together. Had to give up many. Worth it. Bus segregation illegal. **
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – They wanted to integrate into school. National guards had to go with them. President had to help them with it. Arkansas governor was against integration.
 * 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** – Blacks would not let the whites be served first. Would not give up. Got wailed on. Civil disobedience was against the law that you did not believe in it. Non violence.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** **Tweet** –


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

**Tweet – **  The freedom rides were blacks that went on the buses on a route. They were beaten and sometimes buses were even bombed.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

The black population protested. Violence from first citizens then the authorities. Turned to children to protest. 1,000 students were arrested. Water cannons, tear gas, and dogs. Publicity led to civil rights act.
 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
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**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Many Blacks went to March around Washington in protest. Many famous people gave great speaches in Washington. Dr. King made a very famous speach there.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – The deal delt with many discrimination and laws against things for voting. Protect the rights that the African Americans were granted in the 14th amendment. Most important since the 15th amendment.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Many whites were protesting about the voting of African Americans. The African American voting would disrupt the social change. there were many African American going against it.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – It was the first national law for all African American were able to vote. This was the first law that enabled all of them to vote. People gave them test so they were not able to vote.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

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 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**
 * This was a March that protested the act of segregation between Blacks and Whites in the schools and bathrooms and other public facilities. Alabama gov. ordered not to go into Selma. Had police and other forms get them away. People calling out for help.

Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – He sent troops down there to stop them so that the violence would stop and to prevent it. He wanted the state to not segregated any longer. March to go to the Alabama state capital to have full voting rights. On August 6th voting rights act was signed.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – This was to try to stop people being able to be mean to blacks. This was not right and they tried to stop it. He wanted to let them have full voting rights and have the rights that they were granted to un-viod the check in a sense.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Mexican American and other Latin Americans fought discrimination in Chicago. It started the movement to have white men to protest. He moved into a slum dwelling to help control and organize the poor. Their were many riots. 34 people killed. 100s of millions of property destroyed. Movement went up to the north. North
 * 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** – The movement was getting better and more people were accepting the African Americans into the society of the USA. Still there are acts of discrimination.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**