CRMTweets

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – America sees racism as evil - led to Nazis. War made African Americans determined for equality at home.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Bus boycott - Rosa Parks took a stand (pardon the pun). Lasted 13 months, boycott worked - only for buses in Montgomery
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – 9 african american enrolled in High School, segregationists didnt want this. Arkansas govnr tried to stop it, Eisenhower stopped govnr.
 * 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** – Lunch counter was white only, so sit-in - sit and dont move until served. Segregs didnt like. Effective protest tactic.

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

**Tweet – ** Blacks sit in front and whites in back of buses. Savagely attacked by segregationists in Alabama.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet**-SCLC boycotts. 6,000 kids nonviolent marches. Police violent. SOS CRM

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** **Tweet**-tons of poeple march DC 4 CR bill+hi min wage+deseg. MLK dream speech. SOS CRM + Gov action

**Tweet**- end discrimination, enforce vote rights, prog 4 CR made.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

**Tweet- xpand voter reg. white college SOS failed. violent opposition. showed injustice.**
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet**- guaren t right 2 vote/ enforce that.
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** - marches against discrinim + violence + public status in AL. Violent opposition. led 2 voting Act passed
 * 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**-demand end poverty+discrimin. prog 2 SOS poor/minorities. pass legislat. 2 end discrimin.
 * 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**-SCLC=nonviolent. Others=more aggressive. AA mad due 2 low gov power=riots. MLK dies=lotsa riots. slow progress.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**