Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Terrence Howard as Ralph Abernathy

CCH Pounder as Jo Ann Robinson

Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King

Reg E. Cathey as E.D. Nixon

Aaron Neville as Angry Neighbor

Erik Dellums as Bayard Rustin

Erik M. Underwood as Church Member

Brent Jennings as Rufus Lewis

Iris Little Thomas as Rosa Parks

Shawn Michael Howard as Fred Gray

Heather Gunn as Angry Neighbor

Cassi Davis as Cook

Mike Hodge as Daddy King

Walter Franks as Reverend Fields

Mert Hatfield as Mayor Gayle

Whitman Mayo as Reverend Banyon

Ron Leggett as Juke Joint Patron

Dan Biggers as Judge