cast
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Jeffrey Wright
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Terrence Howard
Ralph Abernathy
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CCH Pounder
Jo Ann Robinson
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Carmen Ejogo
Coretta Scott King
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Reg E. Cathey
E.D. Nixon
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Brent Jennings
Rufus Lewis
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Iris Little Thomas
Rosa Parks
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Shawn Michael Howard
Fred Gray
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Aaron Neville
Angry Neighbor
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Erik Dellums
Bayard Rustin
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Mike Hodge
Daddy King
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Whitman Mayo
Reverend Banyon
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Walter Franks
Reverend Fields
- Mert Hatfield Mayor Gayle
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Tom Nowicki
Commissioner Sellars
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Danny Nelson
Commissioner Parks
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E. Roger Mitchell
Bob Phillips
- Heather Salmon Mrs. Dunlap
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Clark Johnson
Emory Jackson
- Jack Martin Clifford Durr
- Crystal Garrett Juanita Abernathy
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Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Raymond Parks
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James Bigwood
Bus Driver
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L. Warren Young
Hotel Clerk
- Freda Scott Giles Woman #1
- Schveka Cooper-Brown Woman #2
- Ralph David Abernathy Young Boy
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Dan Biggers
Judge
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Frank Hoyt Taylor
Jack Crenshaw
- Toiya Tillman Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather)
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Cassi Davis
Cook
- Willy Andralliski Pharmacy Owner
- A.J. Jerrick Dr. Johnson
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Sandra Ellis Lafferty
White Committee Woman
- Ron Leggett Juke Joint Patron
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Ray Stoney
Juke Joint Patron
- Lee Roy Giles Holiness Minister
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Elizabeth Omilami
MLK Passenger
- Deborah Duke MLK Passenger
- Ginnie Randall MLK Passenger
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Robert C. Treveiler
Jail Clerk
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Steve Coulter
Sergeant
- Erik M. Underwood Church Member (uncredited)
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Von Coulter
MLK Guard
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Omar J. Dorsey
MLK Guard
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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
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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
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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
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Bill Erwin
Loading Dock Man #2
- Shannon Welles Porch Lady
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Marion Guyot
Virginia Durr