Morris Chestnut as Ernest Green

Ossie Davis as Grandfather

CCH Pounder as Daisy Bates

Gary Grubbs as Coach Loomis

Tina Lifford as Mrs. Green

Avery Brooks as Rev. Lawson

Ruby Dee as Lydia Wilson

Brian Stokes Mitchell as Thurgood Marshall

Omar Gooding as Marcus

James Harper as Gov. Orval Faubus

Wayne Tippit as Principal Matthews

Suli McCullough as

Lisa Marie Russell as Elizabeth Eckford

Tico Wells as Scott Green

Jacqueline Ann Shaw as Thelma Mothershed

Justice Pratt as Jason

Sonny Shroyer as Coach Snell

Dennis Letts as Gov. Marvin Griffin

Katharina Reinhardt as Mrs. Gaines

Jerry Leggio as Mayor Woody Mann

John Boyd West as Starkey

Missy Crider as Charlene Talbot

Sarah Boss as Rhonda

Frances Kemp as Grace Lorch

Robert Alexander as Lionel

John Hickman as Mr. Prior

Anitra Lovelace as Gloria

Sean Serino as Carlotta

Toya Stokes as Melba

Mark W. Johnson as Emmett Moody

Tommy Sanders as Governor's Aide Smiley

Jackie Stewart as Rev. Matcher

Moses Peace as Minnijean's Father