Maxine McNair as Self - Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair as Self - Father of Denise McNair

Helen Pegues as Self - Denise's Aunt

Queen Nunn as Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr. as Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines as Self - New York Times Editor

Harold McNair as Self - Denise's Uncle

Carole C. Smitherman as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Wamo Reed Robertson as Self - Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock as Self - Carole's Sister

Carolyn Lee Brown as Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Alpha Robertson as Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

Wyatt Tee Walker as Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth as Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

Florence Terrell as Self - School Teacher

Gwendolyn White as Self - School Teacher

Doris Lockhart as Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Gerald Colbert as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Freeman Hrabowski III as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Shirley Wesley King as Self - Cynthia's Sister

Carolyn M. McKinstry as Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

David J. Vann as Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

Bill Baxley as Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

Albert Boutwell as Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Andrew Young as Self - SCLC

Taylor Branch as Self - Author

Nadean S. Williams as Self - Music Teacher

Janie Gaines as Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Rhonda Nunn Thomas as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

James Bevel as Self - SCLC

Tommy Wrenn as Self - SCLC

George Wallace as Self

Nicholas Katzenbach as Self - Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris as Self - Funeral Home Director

Ricky Powell as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Lillie Brown as Self - SCLC

Ossie Davis as Self - Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson as Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

Barbara Nunn as Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

John Cross as Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

Barbara Cross as Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

Morris Marshall as Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

Junie Collins as Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Diane Nash as Self - SCLC

Faye Davis as Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Coretta Scott King as Self

Walter Cronkite as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

Bill Cosby as Self - Educator

Jesse Jackson as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Reggie White as Self - Green Bay Packers

Ralph Abernathy as Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Brinkley as Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

Addie Mae Collins as Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Farmer as Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spike Lee as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Denise McNair as Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cynthia Wesley as Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carole Rosamond Robertson as Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)