Handlung
Alabama 1955, zur Zeit der Rassentrennung: Die schwarze Schneiderin Rosa Parks weigert sich, ihren Sitzplatz im Bus einem Weißen zu überlassen. Sie wird verhaftet. Am nächsten Tag diskutieren Bürgerrechtler den Vorfall. Der liberale Priester Martin Luther King setzt einen Boykott der öffentlichen Busse durch, der über ein Jahr dauert. Schließlich wird die Segregation in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln gekippt.
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Besetzung
Jeffrey Wright
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Terrence Howard
Ralph Abernathy
CCH Pounder
Jo Ann Robinson
Carmen Ejogo
Coretta Scott King
Reg E. Cathey
E.D. Nixon
Brent Jennings
Rufus Lewis
Iris Little Thomas
Rosa Parks
Shawn Michael Howard
Fred Gray
Aaron Neville
Angry Neighbor
Erik Dellums
Bayard Rustin
Mike Hodge
Daddy King
Whitman Mayo
Reverend Banyon
Walter Franks
Reverend Fields
Mert Hatfield
Mayor Gayle
Tom Nowicki
Commissioner Sellars
Danny Nelson
Commissioner Parks
E. Roger Mitchell
Bob Phillips
Heather Salmon
Mrs. Dunlap
Clark Johnson
Emory Jackson
Jack Martin
Clifford Durr
Crystal Garrett
Juanita Abernathy
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Raymond Parks
James Bigwood
Bus Driver
L. Warren Young
Hotel Clerk
Freda Scott Giles
Woman #1
Schveka Cooper-Brown
Woman #2
Ralph David Abernathy
Young Boy
Dan Biggers
Judge
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Jack Crenshaw
Toiya Tillman
Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather)
Cassi Davis
Cook
Willy Andralliski
Pharmacy Owner
A.J. Jerrick
Dr. Johnson
Sandra Ellis Lafferty
White Committee Woman
Ron Leggett
Juke Joint Patron
Ray Stoney
Juke Joint Patron
Lee Roy Giles
Holiness Minister
Elizabeth Omilami
MLK Passenger
Deborah Duke
MLK Passenger
Ginnie Randall
MLK Passenger
Robert C. Treveiler
Jail Clerk
Steve Coulter
Sergeant
Erik M. Underwood
Church Member (uncredited)
Von Coulter
MLK Guard
Omar J. Dorsey
MLK Guard
Angela Elayne Gibbs
Congregant #1
Geoffrey Williams
Congregant #2
Willie Tennyson
Cabbie
Gerald Brown
Wino
James Mayberry
Police Officer
Richie Dye
Policeman
Whitt Brantley
Policeman
David Dwyer
Policeman
Jeff Braun
Policeman
Dolan Wilson
Policeman
Lavon Lacey
Luther Ingalls
Janell McLeod
White Lady
Heath Gunn
Angry Neighbor
Sherri L. Walker
Angry Neighbor
Molly Johnson
Mocha Beauty
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon
Redneck
Darwin T. Hobbs
Juke Joint Singer
Kenric Richardson
MLK Supporter
Edith Ivey
Woman Getting Ticket
Sylvester Jenkins
Loading Dock Man #1
Bill Erwin
Loading Dock Man #2
Shannon Welles
Porch Lady
Marion Guyot
Virginia Durr