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**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – African Americans are starting to stand up for their rights resulting in ending segregation and unfair laws.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks stood up for her rights, African Americans boycott buses, walk or catch a ride- before boycott MLK was no one after, was a leader.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** – no one enrolled yet, nine students selected to intergrate it. response: mobs and angry parents. national guard called in just to go to school. closed all the schools instead of intergrating.
 * 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** – MLK talked and encouraged people to non-violence resistance. Many youth lead non-violent protest. SIT INS!! this was "civil disobidience" new laws would not be enough to have equality.


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

**Tweet – ** **whites and blacks working together and traveling through out the south challenging segregational laws. Resulting in violence towards them for being civil disobediant.** 
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**

**Twee** t – t he turning point of the civil rights movement. decided to pin point on the most segregated city in Alabama- Birmingham. thousands of children in jail. to protest segregation. started w/ adults then catagious to kids.
 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact.** **Tweet** – 200,000 people marched!!!!! it impacted people to see how unfair and changed a lot of mind sets but not all!

**Tweet** – very violent when the state government sent troops to stop them at ANY cause. later national government letting them march peacefully.
 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ** **Tweet** – brought in services to let them march peacefully.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** – was hard to change their mind set. different from the south. MLK gives up.
 * 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** – the group was divided, critisizing leaders, different beliefs.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**