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The Rosa Parks Story

The Rosa Parks Story

2002·Movie·1h 37m

Drama, History, TV Movie

7.0 / 10 (42 votes)

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.

Directed by
Julie Dash
Original language
English
Released
24 February 2002

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Last verified 2 Nov 2026

Cast

  • Angela Bassett

    Angela Bassett

    Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

  • Peter Francis James

    Peter Francis James

    Raymond Parks

  • Tonea Stewart

    Tonea Stewart

    Johnnie Carr

  • Von Coulter

    Von Coulter

    E.D. Nixon

  • DK

    Dexter King

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Afemo Omilami

    Afemo Omilami

    Minister

  • Sonny Shroyer

    Sonny Shroyer

    James F. Blake

  • Mike Pniewski

    Mike Pniewski

    Clifford Durr

  • CM

    Chardé Manzy

    Young Rosa

  • Cicely Tyson

    Cicely Tyson

    Leona Edwards McCauley

  • Charles Black

    Charles Black

    Sylvester Edwards - Rosa's Grandfather

  • Nick LaTour

    Nick LaTour

    Older Boycott Man