'The Rosa Parks Story' is January's Film of Character

To commemorate the Martin King Jr. holiday, the Mission Viejo Community of Character will show the film "The Rosa Parks Story" on Sunday, January 15.

In 1955, Rosa Parks created the spark that ignited the modern Civil Rights Movement when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott that successfully ended segregated busing in that community.

This event, which begins at 2 p.m., is sponsored by the City's Community of Character and coincides with January's character trait of "Perseverance."

Starring Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett, this compelling true story demonstrates the power a single act of defiance and perseverance can have to help end injustice in our country.  A discussion on the film and the meaning of the MLK holiday will follow.

The film is rated PG-13 and will be shown on a theater-size screen with theater-style seating and surround-sound at 200 Civic Center, just across from the Mission Viejo Library.