Taraji P. Henson as Ann Atwater

Sam Rockwell as Claiborne Paul Ellis

Babou Ceesay as Bill Riddick

Anne Heche as Mary Ellis

Wes Bentley as Floyd Kelly

Nick Searcy as Garland Keith

Bruce McGill as Carvie Oldham

John Gallagher Jr. as Lee Trombley

Nicholas Logan as Wiley Yates

Gilbert Glenn Brown as Howard Clement

Caitlin Mehner as Maddy Mays

Dolan Wilson as Councilman Bill Atkins

Morgan Mackey as Young Mother

Kendall Ryan Sanders as Ben Butler

Chris Cavalier as Leonard

Malerie Grady as Singing White Woman

Ryan Dinning as Jeb

Najah Jackson as Operation Breakthrough Staffer

Bethany DeZelle as Court Clerk

David Plunkett as Mr. Paulsen

Al Hamacher as Charles Steele

McKenzie Applegate as Vickie Ellis

Brody Rose as Timmy Ellis

Carson Holmes as Kenneth Ellis

Nadej K. Bailey as Marilynn Atwater

Kevin Iannucci as Larry Ellis

Susan Williams as Nurse Caitlin

Lucius Baston as Teacher

Jeanette Branch as Principal

Jessica Miesel as Doreen (Waitress)

Rachel Bagley as Local Reporter

Charles Orr as NAACP Lawyer

Tim Ware as Judge Leslie Hallford

Jill Jane Clements as Secretary

Ned Vaughn as Wilbur Hobby

Dawntavia Marrero as Delores Riddick

Sope Aluko as Henrietta Kaye

Coley Campany as Charrette Volunteer #1

Elizabeth Omilami as Marion Wilson

Arin Logan as Peggy

Kameron Kierce as Miles

Charles Black as Reverend Joseph

Aaron K Smalls as Archie Cox

Hope Leigh as Charrette Volunteer #2

Bart Hansard as Horace Bray

Jeremy Madden as Boone Ewell

Morgan Brown as Sam Watford

Robert Harvey as Earl Weeks

Cranston Johnson as Emmett

Afemo Omilami as Franklin Mose

Jack Montague as Alvin

Chanté Bowser as Nurse Bernadette

Rhoda Griffis as Nurse Whitney

Wilbur Fitzgerald as Fire Safety Inspector

Shane Jackson as Robert Jones

Chanel Young as Charrette Secretary

Michael Hyland Cole as Gas Company Man

Shane Biseell as Youth Corps Member

Annie Cook as Mrs. Keith

Rae Olivier as Caroline Kelly

Lindsey Moser as Cashier

Milton Saul as Parent / Ann's Army (uncredited)

Timothy Carr as Police Officer (uncredited)