Jurnee Smollett as Sheyann Webb

Clifton Powell as Martin Luther King Jr

Mackenzie Astin as Jonathan Daniels

Ella Joyce as Betty Webb

Afemo Omilami as John Webb

Brett Rice as Sheriff Pots

Margo Moorer as Alice West

Faye Yvette McQueen as Protester

Leland L. Jones as Rev. Albert Brock

L. Warren Young as Hosea Williams

Faruq Tauheed as Willie

Yolanda King as Miss Bright

Elizabeth Omilami as Amelia Boynton

Bob Banks as Reverend Reese