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The Rosa Parks Story

The Rosa Parks Story

★ 7.0/10•2002•1h 37m•Drama•History•TV Movie

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.

Julie Dash · Director

Paris Qualles · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 37m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 24, 2002

Actors

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

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

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

Susan McConnell

Susan McConnell

1931 Store Manager

Timothy Parham

Elijah Banks

Gwen Waymon

Jo Ann Robinson

Susan Savoie

Susan Savoie

Virginia Foster Durr

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