CRM+Tweets

**Tweet** – Blacks had more money, Americans saw evil of racism from Hitler didnt want it, blacks fought in war for freedom & thought they should get freedom 2.
 * Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement**
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Blacks refused 2 go on buses 4 13 months, led by MLK, SC found Montgomery bus segregation law unconsitutional, founding of SCLC, ended segregation on Montgomery buses, made MLK famous
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – Little Rock, AR were integrating, 9 students would go 2 white high school, protesters & soldiers stopped them, 3 weeks later, 9/24/57 Eisenhower sent troops to take "Little Rock Nine" 2 skool, resulted in integration in AR
 * 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 blacks went 2 lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, ppl refused 2 serve them, they sat there 4 45 min, next day brought 100 protesters, ppl abused protesters, forced restaurants to serve blacks, led to SNCC

**Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights**  **Tweet –** may 1961, ppl rode buses, blacks in front, whites in back, blacks used white bus terminal facilities they got beat up, brought media attention to CRM
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – april 1963, blacks wanted 2 integrate, King and SCLC, they protested including kids, Eugene Bull Connor used violence such as dogs, fire hoses, King arrested, ppl saw these horrors, Birmingham leaders agreed 2 integrate

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">august 28, 1963, 250,000 ppl protested in DC, march ended at Lincoln memorial MLK gave I Have a Dream speech, united civil rights groups, JFK promised support

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">signed by Lyndon B Johnson, banned segregation in public places (hotels, restaurants, theaters, etc.), created EEOC, outlawed segregation
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">program that brought northern college students to Mississippi 2 work w/ SNCC organizers, endured tons of violence, got 1, 200 blacks registered to vote
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">august 6, 1965, banned literacy tests & other laws 2 keep blacks from voting, sent federal officials 2 register voters, % of registered black voters went way up
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">march 7, 1965, protest march from Selma, AL 2 Montgomery, AL state troopers attacked with tear gas & billy clubs, Johnson told AL governor "no more violence" federal troops 2 protect marchers, used it 2 push 4 voting rights
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** – <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">series of programs 2 help ppl who were poor, old, or discriminated against, legislation 2 promoted education, Medicare & Medicaid, School Act, he wanted to end poverty and racism, clean water & air acts
 * 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;">MLK is assinated, some groups, nation of islam, black panthers, want black power, reject nonviolence  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**