CRM Tweets Part 2
Section 2 – THE TURNING POINTS
Tell us about Project C in Birmingham? (Project "C" in Birmingham, video) Tweet – Citizens of #bombingham are fed up with segregation, @martinkjrofficial writes a letter from prison, #projectc is being launched, at day 5, 2500 are arrested for peaceful protest (including 2000 children), while fire hoses and police dogs are turned on them. (Picture 1) What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ( video) Tweet – #protest is not in vain, as the city is promising to desegregate public facilities and help with black unemployment. But this #nonviolent approach doesn't seem to be fully working in all cities.... What was the impact of the March on Washington? ( video, King Speaks at March on Washington) Tweet – King's speech is seen as #2 behind @abelincoln 's Gettysburg Address. The year after the #marchonwashington, the 24th amendment was passed, abolishing poll tax, and the civil rights act of 1964, which prohibited racial discrimination in employment and education and outlawed racial segregation in public facilities. Also, @martinkjr is awarded the #nobelpeaceprize (Picture 2) What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (Civil Rights Act of 1964) Tweet – the #civilrightsact in 1964 prohibited racial discrimination in employment and education, also getting rid of #racialsegregation in public facilities (Picture 3) What was Freedom Summer, and why did it need to happen? Any comment on the impact of it? (Freedom Summer, video) Tweet – The voter registration project called #freedomsummer is being backed by #CORE and #SNCC, they did a good job of helping expand black voting in the south, but there were some repercussions. 3 workers kidnapped and murdered on the project's first day, it's going to be a while before black voters are completely accepted... (Picture 4) |