Another day, another hashtag. On Monday, ;#CivilRightsTwitter ;emerged to jokingly explore what social media could have been like had it existed during the Civil Rights Movement ;back in the 1960s. Twitter users are sharing photos of Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Angela Davis, with fictional quotes in 2015’s style and lingo. The tweets, full of “Netflix & chill” and Drake references, have taken over Twitter. See some below: ; RT @Phil_Cosby_: "I saw your little friend at the boycott yesterday…" #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/dfNsjjKJ8Y December 14, 2015 Lol RT @TheRNB_: "Bruh put this…
Another day, another hashtag.
On Monday, ;#CivilRightsTwitter ;emerged to jokingly explore what social media could have been like had it existed during the Civil Rights Movement ;back in the 1960s.
Twitter users are sharing photos of Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Angela Davis, with fictional quotes in 2015’s style and lingo. The tweets, full of “Netflix & chill” and Drake references, have taken over Twitter.
See some below: ;
But some on the Twitter-verse aren’t 100 percent on board with the hashtag. ;
What are your thoughts about #civilrightstwitter?
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