The Rosa Parks Story

Angela Bassett stars as Rosa Parks in this 2002 drama, recounting the events leading up to her act of peaceful defiance on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. The film explores Parks' background, her marriage to barber Raymond Parks, and her involvement with the local NAACP branch. After Parks refuses to give up her seat to a White man, her arrest sparks a 381-day bus boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which ultimately contributes to the decline of segregation in Montgomery.