Main content
This programme is not currently available

Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks

Arrested in Alabama in 1955 over bus segregation, Rosa Park symbolised the American Civil Rights Movement. Stars Albie Parsons. From December 1997.

On December 1st 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks boarded a bus and refused to give up her seat. Her arrest gave birth to the American Civil Rights Movement.

Bonnie Greer's drama stars Albie Parsons as Rosa Parks, Clarke Peters as ED Nixon, Ray Shell as Martin Luther King, Mona Hammond as Rosa's Mother, Anthony Ofoegbu as Parks, Amanda Gordon as JoAnn Robinson, Alastair Danson as the Judge, Iwan Thomas as the Bus Driver and Christina Chou and Matthew Givens as the Children.

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997.

45 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Jan 201821:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Broadcasts

  • Tue 5 Feb 201311:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 5 Feb 201321:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 6 Feb 201304:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 2 Jan 201511:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 2 Jan 201521:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 3 Jan 201504:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 12 Jan 201811:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 12 Jan 201821:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra