Tweets

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – A new justice was appointed and he was very persuasive. He got the Plessy case turned over and the brown Vs. Board case about education integration was won. (157)
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

** Tweet **  – bus boycott, Rosa Parks refused to give up seat then arrested, the city lines forced 2 integrate, taken to supreme court and ruled illegal. (117)
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – Little rock was good at integration had libraries, parks, and busses mixed. National guard didn’t let blacks enter school violating national law. US troops picked up black kids from home and escorted them 2 school for fear of violence. (197)
 * 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 sat at counter, they were refused service, but sat there anyway. They were assaulted by white groups, but did not move. Continued boycott till served. More sit ins happened after and some counters came integrated. (185)

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** **Tweet** –It was the student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee. It was inspired by the sit ins. The nonviolence protest technique was their main weapon. They tried to get desegregation of public places.(164)


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

**Tweet – ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**They were protest to segregated bus rides down to the south from the north. They would sit in the front of the bus and refuse to move. They exected trouble and they got it, many were beaten. (154)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

**What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963?**
 * Tweet** – **They went to integrate public facilities and gain better jobs and housing. The Birmingham marches were the most violent from the policemen. Soon Birmingham leaders desegregated things and removed segregation signs. (184)**

Describe the March on Washington, including the impact. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Birmingham inspired people to get laws passed to protect civil right. 250,000 people marched to Washington and ended at the Lincoln memorial. Where king gives his I have a dream speech. Pres. Kennedy promised support. (183)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – It banned segregation in all public places like hotels, restaurants, and theaters. It also outlawed job discrimination. Segregation was now illegal throughout the USA. (144)
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Their goal was to get as many African Americans to got on the voting poll. Collage students went down to Mississippi to do it. They took beating and other brutality, but they got 1,200 African Americans to register. (178)
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – Johnson signed it. It banned literacy test or other things that kept African Americans from voting. It also sent federal officials to register voter so it could be carried out. (147)
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – ** King organized a voter registration drive that included a march from Selma to Montgomery. State troopers on horseback attacked them and it was broadcasted on National television. (152) **
 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – He told Alabama Governor that he would not tolerate any more violence. When the march resumed the pres, sent troops to guard it. He used public anger to push for voting rights. (145)
 * 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 told Alabama Governor that he would not tolerate any more violence. When the march resumed the pres, sent troops to guard it. He used public anger to push for voting rights. (158)
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In the north there were no laws that denied African Americans their rights there was just pure discrimination. Whites would not sell property and give them jobs. Their frustration led to riots. 164 riots broke out in 9 months. (188)
 * 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** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">It becomes divided because some people now want violent protests. Now some of the peaceful protesters have retaliated and are sick of unfairness. They turn to weapons and self-defense. (156)
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**