The Rosa Parks Story (2002)

Name: The Rosa Parks Story
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 2002-02-24
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Tonea Stewart, Von Coulter, Dexter King

America, 1955. Her act of courage changed the world. But how it changed her life has never been told... until now.

A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Released 2002-02-24 · 97 min · Drama, History

Directed by Julie Dash

Cast

Angela Bassett as Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Peter Francis James as Raymond Parks
Tonea Stewart as Johnnie Carr
Von Coulter as E.D. Nixon
Dexter King as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Afemo Omilami as Minister
Sonny Shroyer as James F. Blake
Mike Pniewski as Clifford Durr
Chardé Manzy as Young Rosa
Cicely Tyson as Leona Edwards McCauley
Charles Black as Sylvester Edwards - Rosa's Grandfather
Nick LaTour as Older Boycott Man
Susan McConnell as 1931 Store Manager
Timothy Parham as Elijah Banks
Gwen Waymon as Jo Ann Robinson