THE ROSA PARKS STORY

A 2002 movie 

directed by Julie Dash

with Angela Bassett as Rosa Parks

Synopsis:

A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

seamstress = couturière, petite main

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The Rosa Parks Story - Trailer + biography

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. She couldn't accept segregation...

I HAVE A DREAM

AUGUST 28, 1968 – MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM – BETWEEN 200000 AND 30000 PEOPLE

I HAVE A DREAM

Summary: Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech « I have a dream » during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In this speech, he called for an end to racism in the United States. He wanted the end of segregation and equal rights.

Washington monument

Lincoln Memorial statue

Lincoln Memorial