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The NAACP takes notice after an African-American teenager named Claudette Colvin gets arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus. The Comedy Centra Lisa Bonet as Rosa Parks Jerry Minor as Fred Gray On July 25, 2014, Comedy Central announced that Drunk History was renewed for a third season. [10] Montgomery, AL: Directed by Jeremy Konner. With Derek Waters, Mariah Iman Wilson, Lisa Bonet, Jerry Minor. Scientist Percy Julian overcomes racial barriers, Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her bus seat months before Rosa Parks's famous protest, and Joe Louis fights German boxer Max Schmeling. Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colin paves the way for Rosa Parks, children lead a march against segregation, and the Little Rock Nine fight for their educat The "Drunk History" video states that Rosa Parks boarded the bus and sat down in the white section. Actually, she took a seat directly behind the white section. However, as the bus filled up after a few more stops, the bus driver told Parks to give her seat to a white man who had been left standing. She refused and was arrested. Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin refused to give her seat up to a white woman on a Montgomery bus in 1955, later inspiring Rosa Parks and the NAACP.Abou 'Drunk History' Serves An Educational Cocktail, Claudette Colvin, who's in our premier episode, who did what Rosa Parks did months before Rosa Parks, but we've never heard about her. She was a Drunk History - Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks Watch on Waters first got the idea for “Drunk History” when his friend “New Girl” actor Jake Johnson drunkenly tried to tell him a story The NAACP was swamped with letters about her courageletters that were read by Rosa Parks. Parks struck up a friendship with Colvin through this, and this sparked the idea for the bus boycott. Concerns were raised about a teenager being the face of the boycott movement, and so Parks was called upon to be similarly moved from the bus. Watch Comedy Central’s “Drunk History” version of the story of Claudette Colvin, in this short clip. As a teenager, and a member of the NAACP youth council, in 1955 Colvin was technically the first woman to protest segregated bus policies in Montgomery, Alabama by refusing to give up her seat to a white patron. in partnership with @PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit media organization for Black Americans. please consider donating today, and subscribe! 🏾che Due in part to history books and that Drunk History episode, many folks think her bus protest was planned, that she was sitting in the white section, and that she was “picked” to protest because of her nice old lady demeanor. Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) [1] [2] is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide.On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. Amber Ruffin tells Derek about the Little Rock Nine’s fight to integrate their Arkansas school, how Claudette Colvin inspired Rosa Parks, and the Civil War’s Learn how civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin paved the way for Rosa Parks, children in Birmingham led a march against segregation and the Little Rock Scientist Percy Julian overcomes racial barriers, Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her bus seat months before Rosa Parks's famous protest, and Joe Louis fights German boxer Max Schmeling. 8.1 / 10 ( 166 ) Rate ‘Drunk History’ Bends History in All the Right Directions. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white male. Her arrest sparked a citywide boycott against Montgomery buses. Scientist Percy Julian overcomes racial barriers, Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her bus seat months before Rosa Parks's famous protest, and Joe Louis fights German boxer Max Schmeling. 8.1 / 10 ( 166 ) Rate Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions Drunk History. 2008-02-28T03:00:00Z Special 2 Drunk History Vol. 2 - Feat. Jack Black Claudette Colvin refuses to give up her bus seat months before Rosa Parks's
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