Alec Baldwin as Bobby DeLaughter

Whoopi Goldberg as Myrlie Evers

James Woods as Byron De La Beckwith

Craig T. Nelson as Ed Peters

Susanna Thompson as Peggy Lloyd

Lucas Black as Burt DeLaughter

Joseph Tello as Drew DeLaughter

Alexa PenaVega as Claire DeLaughter

William H. Macy as Charlie Crisco

Darrell Evers as Darrell Evers

Yolanda King as Reena Evers

James Van Evers as Van Evers

Jerry Levine as Jerry Mitchell

Sky Rumph as Jared Lloyd

Margo Martindale as Clara Mayfield

Zoaunne LeRoy as Thelma De La Beckwith

Michael O'Keefe as Merrida Coxwell

Bill Smitrovich as Jim Kitchens

Terry O'Quinn as Judge Hilburn

Rex Linn as Martin Scott

Bill Henderson as Minister

James Pickens Jr. as Medgar Evers

Virginia Madsen as Dixie DeLaughter

Richard Riehle as Tommy Mayfield

Jim Harley as Delamar Dennis

Bonnie Bartlett as Billie DeLaughter

Brock Peters as Walter Williams

Wayne Rogers as Morris Dees

Finn Carter as Cynthia Speetgens

Diane Ladd as Grandma Caroline Moore

Andy Romano as Hardy Lott

Richard Stahl as Judge Hendrick

David Carpenter as Bill Walter

Bill Cobbs as Charlie Evers

Jordan Lund as Deputy

Jerry Hardin as Grandpa Barney DeLaughter

Ramon Bieri as James Holley

Diana Bellamy as Barbara Holder

Rance Howard as Ralph Hargrove

Thomas Kopache as Thorn McIntyre

Frank Hoyt Taylor as Dan Prince

Sarah Hunley as Peggy Morgan

Greg Bronson as Court Bailiff (uncredited)