Kerry Washington as Charity Adams

Sam Waterston as Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Susan Sarandon as Eleanor Roosevelt

Dean Norris as General Halt

Oprah Winfrey as Mary McLeod Bethune

Ebony Obsidian as Lena Derriecott King

Milauna Jackson as Captain Campbell

Kylie Jefferson as Bernice Baker

Shanice Williams as Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)

Pepi Sonuga as Elaine White

Sarah Jeffery as Dolores Washington

Jay Reeves as Private Hugh Bell

Jeanté Godlock as Vera

Moriah Brown as Inez

Baadja-Lyne Odums as Susan

Gregg Sulkin as Abram David

Austin Nichols as Colonel Collins

Ben VanderMey as Captain Mathews

Nick Harris as Chaplain Clemens

Scott Johnson as General Lee

Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Colonel Davenport

Brian Kurlander as Mr. David

James E Hammond as Parade Officer Colonel (uncredited)

Bill Barrett as Staff Sergeant Hill

Bern Cohen as Rabbi

Jon Wennington as Racist Officer (uncredited)

Rachel Sophia-Anthony as Officer (uncredited)

Donny Ness as Schoolboy (uncredited)

Donna Biscoe as Emma Derriecott

Eugene H. Russell IV as Butler George

Ben Peck as George C. Marshall

Helene Henry as Officer Gates

Zion Smith as Little Girl

Austin Seifert as Private

Edward Finlay as First Officer (as Eddie Finlay)

Meghan Perry as Nurse Archer

Veanna Black as Private Jackson

Conor Marsh as Sergeant Roberts (uncredited)

Donald Ome as Master Sergeant Bone (uncredited)

Kerry O'Malley as Mildred

Blake Patrick Anderson as White Male Soldier

Thomas King as Soldier

Luke Deal as Sergeant

Ciara Caffey as Private Lewis

Dawn Raven as Private Cone

George Gallagher as Levi

Nina Jones as Mrs. Gray

Sarah Helbringer as Mary Kathryn

Ryan Siegel as Male Soldier

Bill Skinner as Sergeant Scott

Harry Omosele as Black Male Soldier

Brett A. Newton as Mailman

Antonia Sawyer as Recruit

Erica Taylor as Recruit

Kenritia Meadows as Recruit

Melanie Mccastle as Recruit

Selina Johnson as Recruit

Shaakirah Bradshaw as Recruit

Tanya Selvy as Recruit

Tonie Washington as Recruit

Dominick Ficco as Emotional Soldier

Aric Henry as Basecamp Soldier

Bonnie Hill as Blue Eyed Child