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The Rosa Parks Story

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The Rosa Parks Story
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1hr 30min
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2002
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Xenon
Synopsis: Angela Bassett plays the title role in this meticulously detailed biography of pioneering civil rights activist Rosa McCauley Parks. Even as a child, Rosa stands separate from her fellow African-Americans; instead of being shipped off to a shabby public school, she is enrolled in a private classroom run by Quakers, who encourage the girl to transcend the severe limitations of legalized segregation in her home state of Alabama. In her late teens, Rosa marries barber Raymond Parks (Peter Francis James), ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Rosa Parks
Raymond Parks
Rebecca "Johnnie" Carr
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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