cast
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Shirley Jo Finney
Wilma Rudolph
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Cicely Tyson
Blanche Rudolph
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Jason Bernard
Coach Temple
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Denzel Washington
Robert Eldridge, age 18
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Joe Seneca
Ed Rudolph
- Charles Blackwell Coach Gray
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Norman Matlock
Dr. Gordon
- Réjane Magloire Wilma, age 12
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L. Warren Young
Post Office Assistant
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Larry B. Scott
Robert Eldridge, age 12
- Piper Carter Wilma - Age 4
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Pauletta Washington
Mae Faggs (as Paulette Pearson)
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Andrea Frierson
Martha Hudson
- Stacy Green Tootie
- Dury Cox Pappy Marshall
- Roger Askew Dr. Williams
- J. Franklin Taylor Principal