Jeffrey Wright

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Terrence Howard

Ralph Abernathy

CCH Pounder

Jo Ann Robinson

Carmen Ejogo

Coretta Scott King

Reg E. Cathey

E.D. Nixon

Brent Jennings

Rufus Lewis

Iris Little Thomas

Rosa Parks

Shawn Michael Howard

Fred Gray

Aaron Neville

Angry Neighbor

Erik Dellums

Bayard Rustin

Mike Hodge

Daddy King

Whitman Mayo

Reverend Banyon

Walter Franks

Reverend Fields

Mert Hatfield

Mayor Gayle

Tom Nowicki

Commissioner Sellars

Danny Nelson

Commissioner Parks

E. Roger Mitchell

Bob Phillips

Heather Salmon

Mrs. Dunlap

Clark Johnson

Emory Jackson

Jack Martin

Clifford Durr

Crystal Garrett

Juanita Abernathy

Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Raymond Parks

James Bigwood

Bus Driver

L. Warren Young

Hotel Clerk

Freda Scott Giles

Woman #1

Schveka Cooper-Brown

Woman #2

Ralph David Abernathy

Young Boy

Dan Biggers

Judge

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Jack Crenshaw

Toiya Tillman

Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather)

Cassi Davis

Cook

Willy Andralliski

Pharmacy Owner

A.J. Jerrick

Dr. Johnson

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

White Committee Woman

Ron Leggett

Juke Joint Patron

Ray Stoney

Juke Joint Patron

Lee Roy Giles

Holiness Minister

Elizabeth Omilami

MLK Passenger

Deborah Duke

MLK Passenger

Ginnie Randall

MLK Passenger

Robert C. Treveiler

Jail Clerk

Steve Coulter

Sergeant

Erik M. Underwood

Church Member (uncredited)

Von Coulter

MLK Guard

Omar J. Dorsey

MLK Guard

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

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

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

Bill Erwin

Loading Dock Man #2

Shannon Welles

Porch Lady

Marion Guyot

Virginia Durr