If Twitter Had Existed During The Civil Rights Movement…

US civil rights leader Martin Luther King,Jr. (C)

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In case you missed it, the hashtag #CivilRightsTwitter was trending this week. What would Twitter have been like if Malcolm, Martin, Rosa and others had been able to beef with each other or tweet their thoughts. Now we have an idea!

"Come to the Nation y'all, we gets paid over here" #CivilRightsTwitter pic.twitter.com/oYM89wPG1N

— Cayde-6'5 (@Parkour_Lewis) December 14, 2015

New Dream, Who Dis? #CivilRightsTwitter pic.twitter.com/8SoGbn4mwg

— Catchphrase Jones (@_SHANghai) December 14, 2015

Sooo…Rosa just got arrested but y'all letting that new Ella Fitzgerald single distract y'all? #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/2mqtV9T6xO

— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 14, 2015

When you want to take a selfie but don't want to look like you taking a selfie #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/4KC3tG77ba

— No Relation (@TheCosby) December 14, 2015

"I SAID WHAT I SAID!" #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/IhPrD2Nl9B

— jujoffer (@jujoffer) December 14, 2015

So I slid into her dm's like "are you coming to the March tomorrow" #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/szFsioNlk6

— Tatenda (@ubuntugraphy) December 14, 2015

"No, Keisha—ALL LIVES MATTER!" #CivilRightsTwitter pic.twitter.com/otoC0UGMha

— toni childish (@neosoulful) December 14, 2015

"Dr. King preach non-violence but a mofo touch me there's gon be consequences & repercussions" #civilrightstwitter pic.twitter.com/wpC5Vm7nGC

— jujoffer (@jujoffer) December 14, 2015