CRM+Tweets

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – More Americans saw racism as evil. African Americans Fought 4 freedom in Europe 2, deserved freedom in US.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – boycott of buses, buses couldnt run without blacks. went 4 13 months. nov 13 1956, bus segregation unconsitutional.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – Lttle rock desegregated schools, nine students went to white school. Escorted by jeeps w/ machine guns. streets line w/ paratroopers. encouraged civil rites supporters.
 * 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 students did a sit-in. # of protesters multiplied. happened all acros south. some protesters wer abused by segregationists. forced many stores w/ lunch counters 2 serve blacks.

 Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, an Civil Rights 

**Tweet – ** protests against segregation. blacks sat in front of buses, whites sat in back. at bus terminals blacks wood try 2 use white facilities.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 *  What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** – desegregationists used birmingham to show evils of segregation. new city safety comissioner would use violence. lots of children marched. police used dogs and firehoses. ppl wer shoked. lots of seg things wer unseged.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** **Tweet** – 250000 took part in march thru dc ended at lincoln memorial. King deliverd i hav a dream speech. march united many groups in support 4 passing of civil rites laws. pres kennedy promised support.

**Tweet** – banned segregation in public places. created comission 2 prevent job dsicrimination
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

**Tweet** – summer of 64, brought northern college students into mississippi to help student nonviolent coordinating comitee sncc. helpers endured bombing beating arrests murder.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – banned literary tests and other laws that prevented blacks from voting. percentage of african americans voting raised from 10 to 60 percent.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – early 65 king and slcl organized march from selma to montgomery. when the protesters reached a bridge at edge of selma they were attacked by state troopers on horse. pres johnson told alabama gov there wood b no more violence. sent troops to protect protesters.
 * Provide a tweet from the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – provided assistens to poor, elderly, women, racially dscriminated against. promoted education and protection of environment. passed legislation on civil rites.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – frustrated african americans in the north hav no political power, turn to violence. insted of nonviolence of king, some wanted blacks to b above whites, not equal.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**