The Rosa Parks Story
America, 1955. Her act of courage changed the world. But how it changed her life has never been told... until now.
A biographical drama centered on Rosa Parks' personal journey toward her historic act of civil disobedience, balancing intimate character study with the weight of historical injustice.
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
Essence
Ensemble
Angela Bassett
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
Peter Francis James
Raymond Parks
Tonea Stewart
Johnnie Carr
Von Coulter
E.D. Nixon
Dexter King
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Afemo Omilami
Minister
Sonny Shroyer
James F. Blake
Mike Pniewski
Clifford Durr
Chardé Manzy
Young Rosa
Cicely Tyson
Leona Edwards McCauley
Charles Black
Sylvester Edwards - Rosa's Grandfather
Nick LaTour
Older Boycott Man
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