

The Rosa Parks Story
2002-02-24 · 97 min · ★ 7.0
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
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- Directors
- Julie Dash
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- CBS
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Angela BassettRosa Louise McCauley Parks
Peter Francis JamesRaymond Parks
Tonea StewartJohnnie Carr
Von CoulterE.D. Nixon
Afemo OmilamiMinister
Sonny ShroyerJames F. Blake
Mike PniewskiClifford Durr
Cicely TysonLeona Edwards McCauley
Charles BlackSylvester Edwards - Rosa's Grandfather
Nick LaTourOlder Boycott Man
Susan McConnell1931 Store Manager
Susan SavoieVirginia Foster Durr
Stephanie Astalos-JonesLibrarian
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