Claudette Colvin

“I was tired of hoping for justice. When my moment came, I was ready” These are the words of a young, determined girl named Claudette Colvin, who was tired of the injustices in her society, and was ready to make a change. Claudette shared this eager desire to speak out and face injustice along with Juror #8 from 12 Angry Men. Claudette was more mature and open-minded than the rest of her peers who were consumed by superficial fixations, instead of giving their attention to the more influential and

history can be very interesting in the normal state of mind but being under the influence makes the topic much more intriguing. We are presented with drunken history video capturing three distinct history incidents. The first video presents “Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”, second is “John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson”, and final is “Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening.” Two of the videos are presented in a unique under the influence presentation explaining historical events. Each video will be

Who was Claudette Colvin? Well, Claudette Colvin is the first person ever to refuse to get out of her seat. She was an important civil rights activist who had a big impact on the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Claudette Colvin was born on September 5th 1939, in Montgomery Alabama. “Claudette Colvin was an A student at all-black Booker T. Washington High” (15 Freedman). She was a 15 year old spunky girl who was upset about segregation. She did what Rosa Parks did, but nine months earlier, and it did not

Most of the advertisement, movies and even political campaigns use a great amount of emotional (pathos), logical (logos) and ethical (ethos) beliefs to influence its audiences. The first advertisement video on the list titled, “Drunk History - Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks” narrates the story of a black woman leading to racial injustice. The video is narrated by a drunk women and thus provides a pinch of humor in it. Usually a drunk woman (or a man) is not considered as a credible person. Thus, the

many places. Social injustice has harmed many groups and individuals over the course of human history. Evaluate the ways in which Claudette Colvin fought against the specific injustices of the Jim Crow South. Name: Daniel Neymar Lopez-Rojas Date: 12/16/15 Travel Group:Ku KIPPism: In the times of the Jim Crow South law’s People of color, including Claudette Colvin a young girl who was only 15 years old in the city of Montgomery, Alabama , fought against the racist Jim Crow laws, Yet in her attempt

appealing to logic and reasoning”, pathos “appeals to emotion” and lastly ethos “persuasion by appeals to ethics”. (587) In the video “Drunk history- Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”, by Comedy Central the use of logos, pathos and ethos isn’t used. This video just informs the viewers how Rosa Parks was the face and lead of the boycott not Claudette Colvin. The way the story is being told is quite humorous to the viewers.

December 20 Claudette Colvin Did you know that Rosa Parks was not the first to protest on a bus? Did you know that the Rosa Parks protest was a setup? Claudette Colvin was a African American who protested for civil rights. There were many other people that protested too. Claudette Colvin was the first to sit in the front of the bus where a white person was supposed to sit. Claudette Colvin will not be remembered for being the first one the sit in the front of the bus. Claudette Colvin, a Civil

One of these people, Claudette Colvin, was “Rosa Parks before Rosa Parks”. Claudette Colvin grew up in King Hill, Alabama- a close-knit community that was stuck between two white neighborhoods. She attended a one-room school, with one teacher teaching all six elementary grades. When she refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a Montgomery bus, she was only fifteen years old. Claudette was arrested, and seen as an outsider by her classmates. She suffered

the information well and effectively. However, I would have to disagree that the “Drunk History: Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks” video better demonstrates the rhetorical strategies. I agree logos is portrayed by the woman describing the events of Claudette that result in the Bus Boycott in a logical order, and I agree pathos is presented when the woman describes the unfairness experienced by Colvin and Parks on the bus. However, I disagree that ethos is demonstrated in this video. The woman is intoxicated

In the first video, “Drunk History: Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”, we observe the use of all three of aristotle’s rhetorical strategies: pathos, logos and ethos. According to Austin, logos is “appealing to logic and reasoning... [and is] an essential part of supporting an argument” (652). Logos is also established through the method of storytelling, with each transitioning to another and a clear method of organization of the information presented. Initially, I had argued that the video did not