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 * Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

CORE= Congress of Racial Equality...to big to add so we abbv. ** **Tweet** – more peeps c-ing racism=wrong, more peeps helping blacks fight 4 equality, more determination among African Americans, integration!
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** –Bus Boycott-After Rosa Parks refused 2 give up her seat on bus for white- MLK rounded up blacks and whites 2 stop riding the buses-bus system were in serious financial conditions-African American bus drivers were supplied as well as white name calling would end-whites got more violent-1956 SC rule d bus  segregation illegal.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – brownvsboard allowed black children to go 2 skewl w/ white, 9 hi skewlers tried & wer stopped by National guard, against constitution
 * 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** –four black boys sit @ a counter @diner-a wave of african americans strted 2 do "sit-ins" 2 gain free acess 2 places of public accomidation-they-the 4 boys stayed @ the counter untill diner closed even after they wer denied service-organized 50 students 2 keep Boycotting at Woolworths diner-Nine stores on the border of North and South wer integrated.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Tweet – ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">trips by CORE volunteers, many white, on buses 2 test interstate buses still segregated in violation of Supreme Court ruling- many, volunteers viciously attacked & arrested, went on w/o violence- enough media 2 force integration, all 120 interstate bus terminals in South.
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** –<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Black people wer trying "sit-ins" & boycott. stores in segregated Birmingham-violence... & police attack black spectators- march contin. w/ students- many arrested-another march organized & police lost patience-clubs, dogs,& fire hoses- reached an agreement-lunch counters, fountains,& toilets wuld b integrated, businesses wuldnt be racist in hiring-led 2 end of segregation laws in Alabama.

**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;">thousands of peeps march 2 WA DC 2 fight 4 civil rights-called 4 the integration of schools, & higher minimum wage-marched 2 reflecting pool where King gave "I have a Dream"-gave a shove 2 the sluggish gov. tht action was needed quickly 4 civil rights.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet** –<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enforced the right 2 vote-provide relief 2 those suffering from discrimination in public accomodations-protects constitutional rights in public education and other public facilities-equal employment opportunities-
 * 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;">A campaign 2 expand the voter registration drive-led this into states w/ harsh opposition and hostility wer prevelent-white students wuld help media coverage-lots of violence against this, bombings, burnings, beatings, shootings, & murder of skewl children & volunteers-registered African American voters-exposed injustice.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**Tweet- <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> most succes. civil rghts act passed, prez johnson helped, gurantee voting rights of all americans ** <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tweet **<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> – <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">demonstration tht took place March 21-25 1965- ast of 3 marches tht spring- 1st not succes- 2nd peace, but not able 2 end.
 * 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="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">reform plan including Voting&Civil rights, by prez. johnson 2 help elderly, poor, and women-laws promote edu. ent discrimination, help enviro
 * 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="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">nxt steps argument... peace or no? MLK murder= riots-white membersrejected from student peace comite (SNCC)- “black power”-- Malcolm X  <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**