Civil+Rights+Movement+Tweets

What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? Tweet – Post-war changes, “racism = evil” - Americans, equality won at home, move to cities for more money + resources for protesting. What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? Tweet – Rosa Parks was arrested, bus boycott to protest arrest went for 13 months, bus segregation law changed. What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Tweet – Court law was changed, led to the SCLC, coordinated Civil Rights protests. What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event? Tweet​ – Nine Negros went to a white school, large anti-black protest, guards forced to obey Supreme Court decision. What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South? Tweet – Mid-class white people opposed desegregation, 80% opposed, KKK reformed. What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event? Tweet – 4 AF-AM freshmen go to counter, are not served, starts sit-in, creates big movement. Provide a tweet describing SNCC. Tweet – From Montgomery Bus Boycott, “Southern Christian Leadership Conference”, created civil rights protests all over the South. Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights What happened on the Freedom Rides? Tweet – Bus journey to integrate, attacked and firebombed, bus 2 = people brutally beaten. What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? Tweet – Facilities integrated + gain jobs + oppurtunites for houseing + evil of segregation + opposition of Eugene Bull Connor. Impact = better job oppurtunities, desegregated counters, no segregation signs. Can you describe the Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? Tweet – Children involved with protest, water cannons, attack dogs, media coverage = whole nation sees this. Describe the March on Washington, including the impact. Tweet – ​ 250,000 marchers on 8-28-63, King's "I Have a Dream" speech, groups united, support pledged by Kennedy What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Tweet – Law banned segregation in public places such as hotels, restaurants and theaters; equal employment opportunity, started to make segregation illegal What was Freedom Summer? Tweet – 1964, encouragement for black voters to register, 1,200 new black voters Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Tweet - Literacy test, restrictions, etc. banned for voters Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. Tweet – March met with resistance, troops, police, arrests, deaths, violent. Then with federal protection, the march proceeded. Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. Tweet – Gave good push to his laws on voting rights, they were signed and passed. Pushed laws on voting rights, signed + passed. Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement? Tweet – This helped the poor, elderly, women and the disenfranchised, promoted education and pushed for the end desegregation. ​ Poor, elderly, women, etc. helped. Promoted education + end of desegregation. Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s. Tweet – Riots broke out, whites were angry, King is assassinated in Tennessee. ​ Rioting, angry whites, King assassinated. How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s? Tweet – Some blacks started to disagree with nonviolence and cooperation with whites. Members left the SCNN and formed their own group, more violent. Some blacks question nonviolence and white cooperation, some members leave SCNN and form their own violent groups. ​ Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. Tweet – He rejected the separatist ideas of the Nation of Islam. Wanted all races to live together in peace. Disowned separatist ideas of Nation of Islam, wanted races to live in peace What is the story with the Black Panthers? Tweet – They brought law books, breakfast programs, guns, the group aggressively monitors police actions in the community, served the poor, published newspaper. ​ BP's brought law books, breakfast programs, guns, etc. They aggressively monitored police, served the poor, and published a newspaper.