Claudette Colvin

across. The creators of these videos demonstrate the concept of entertainment through rhetorical strategies and with the use of humor. In the Drunk History Video: Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks, the writers have created an entertaining way of detailing a historical event. The writer starts the video by telling the story of Claudette Colvin who refused to give up her seat to a white lady. The storyteller has a hard time saying certain words, for example, “bespectacled teenager” which set off a sense

The essay tells the story of Civil Rights activist, Rosa Parks, who, in 1955, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her actions launched a series of bus boycotts that are often credited for initiating the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks was a poor seamstress who often rode the bus to work. Riding the bus was common practice among the African American residents, many of whom worked across town and did not own cars. In fact, over seventy-five

to “the study of the art of persuasion”, and it has three elements “rhetorical appeals”: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. According to our assignment, there are some analysis about how to use rhetoric demonstrate in each video. In the first video, “Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”, we recognize that the rhetor is trying to use Ethos to persuade the audience. When we watch this video, we ask themselves that “why should we trust this speaker when we even don’t know who is she”. After watching this video,

The social conformity of the 1950s can best be described as a traditional family that abides by their gender roles. Essentially, the 1950s were when people could finally take advantage of the new time consuming inventions and economic boosts after having experienced WWII and the Great Depression. However, the social conformity was just the general overview of the 1950s but poverty, racism, and alienation still persisted. The resistance against social conformity was expressed by rebellion including

There are many people who have made choices that have either changed history or fought for the rights they deserved. For example, Rosa Parks is someone who stood up for her herself in 1955, when many laws weren’t fair for blacks. She knew there may be consequences for her actions, but knew that standing up for herself was something she had to do. Rosa Parks also had the courage and strength to do something so brave and risky that would cause her to go to jail. While on the bus, she spoke up for herself

Research Paper Outline Introduction Attention Grabber: catch the reader’s attention (Can be a surprising statistic, a rhetorical question, an anecdote or a summary of a fact)-Rosa Parks didn’t STAND UP for her civil rights, she SAT DOWN for them. Background Information: - Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee Alabama on February 4, 1913. Her family later moved to Pine Level, Alabama. Rosa’s mother was a teacher, so that influence Rosa to want to become a teacher too, when she grew up. Rosa moved to Montgomery

through comedy. Personally, most of videos that we watched seem to not be very argumentative at all and are mostly satire. When many people watch these videos, they find them to be very entertaining and funny. For instance, in “Drunk History - Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks” and “Drunk History - John Adams vs.

people in interstate bus terminals. The protest began when a young African American girl called Claudette Colvin refused to give her seat to a white lady. “ Its my constitutional right” She was handcuffed, arrested and removed from the bus. Claudette was the initiation for the bus boycott. Rosa Parkes ( Leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ) was inspired by Claudette and 9 months later she did the exact same thing. She arranged with Martin Luther King Jr and Ralph

An man from India deeply influenced a black man in America who persuaded black Americans to peacefully seek civil rights. Blacks in America were once slaves. They had neither freedom nor rights. Now, in the 20th century, segregation has been abolished and discrimination has largely been reduced and blacks are more able to live freely as American citizens. In Early 1950’s, blacks did not have civil rights, so they had to fight for their freedom. In 1955, blacks decided to rally together for social

The Montgomery Bus Boycotts The Montgomery Bus Boycotts was a time in Alabama were there were problems with races and how everyone should be treated. The people of the south were segregating the black people from the whites and specifying what race should use what. The boycott was the black community stop riding the bus as a protest for what happened with Rosa Parks. The event brought national and international attention and brought awareness to the civil injustice of this time period. The Montgomery