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

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video) ** **Tweet –** black people who stuck up for themselves by riding on buses that were supposed to be for white people, violent attacks. JFK sent in protection on buses, riders prevail, buses integrated

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video]** ) ** **Tweet** – peaceful marches, hosed down by police and dogs jumped on them, then got put in jail

**Tweet** – people wanted birmingham desegragated, protested non violently, but still attacked, MLK arrested, americans saw attacks on tv, gov agrees to desegragate
 * What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **** (CA 819-820, video) **

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video) ** **Tweet** – americans march peacefully for civil rights for all people, MLK has a dream, March united americans, JFK supports new laws

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** – law banned segragation in public places, created equal employment oppurtuinty comission, prevents job discrimmination, segragation illegal

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** **Tweet** – law banned other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote, now african americans allowed to vote. Big impact, more voters

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video)** **Tweet** –

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) ** **Tweet** –

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** **Tweet** –

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** **Tweet** –

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** **Tweet** –

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 * Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, **[|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X]** ) **

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 * What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( **[|The Black Panther Party]** ) **