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    The Rosa Parks Story

    TV-PG2002 · Biography · 1h 37m

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  1. The Rosa Parks Story is a 2002 American television movie written by Paris Qualles and directed by Julie Dash. Angela Bassett portrays Rosa Parks, with Cicely Tyson in a supporting role as her mother. It was broadcast by CBS on February 24, 2002. It received awards from the NAACP and the Black Reel Awards .

  2. Feb 24, 2002 · The Rosa Parks Story: Directed by Julie Dash. With Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Tonea Stewart, Von Coulter. A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

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    • Biography, Drama
    • Julie Dash
    • 2002-02-24
    • Rosa Parks’ Early Life. Bet You Didn't Know: Rosa Parks. Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. She moved with her parents, James and Leona McCauley, to Pine Level, Alabama, at age 2 to reside with Leona’s parents.
    • Rosa Parks: Roots of Activism. Raymond and Rosa, who worked as a seamstress, became respected members of Montgomery’s large African American community. Co-existing with white people in a city governed by “Jim Crow” (segregation) laws, however, was fraught with daily frustrations: Black people could attend only certain (inferior) schools, could drink only from specified water fountains and could borrow books only from the “Black” library, among other restrictions.
    • December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks Is Arrested. On Thursday, December 1, 1955, the 42-year-old Rosa Parks was commuting home from a long day of work at the Montgomery Fair department store by bus.
    • Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Montgomery Bus Boycott. Although Parks used her one phone call to contact her husband, word of her arrest had spread quickly and E.D.
  3. Oct 4, 2023 · Born in February 1913, Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in 1955 led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her bravery...

  4. Ride to Freedom: The Rosa Parks Story. 2002 · 1 hr 35 min. TV-PG. Drama. Rosa Parks recalls events leading to her peaceful defiance against racial bus segregation and inspiring the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. Subtitles: English.

  5. Currently you are able to watch "The Rosa Parks Story" streaming on Peacock or for free with ads on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee. It is also possible to rent "The Rosa Parks Story" on Amazon Video online and to download it on Amazon Video.

    • 97 min
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