Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley

Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till

Frankie Faison as John Carthan

Haley Bennett as Carolyn Bryant

John Douglas Thompson as Moses Wright

Whoopi Goldberg as Alma

Jayme Lawson as Myrlie Evers

Tosin Cole as Medgar Evers

Kevin Carroll as Rayfield Mooty

Sean Patrick Thomas as Gene Mobley

Roger Guenveur Smith as Dr. T.R.M. Howard

Princess Elmore as Ruby Hurley

Josh Ventura as S. Carlton

Ed Amatrudo as J.J. Breland

Gail Everett-Smith as Church Elder

Brendan Patrick Connor as Sheriff Strider

Tim Ware as Judge Curtis Swango

Keisha Tillis as Elizabeth Wright

Bradley King as White Mob Member

J.P. Edwards as

Jackson Beals as Leslie Milam

Summer Rain Menkee as Stenographer

Reid Jameson Smith as Boy in department store

Mike Dolphy as Reporter

Ralph Hughes as Reporter

Ed Sturdivant as Elmer

Rakeem Massingill as Mourner

Al Mitchell as A.A. Rayner

Lee Spencer as Council President

Njema Williams as Henry Loggins

Sean Michael Weber as Roy Bryant

Alyssa Talbot as JW's Wife

Euseph Messiah as Amzie Moore

Thea Clark as Reporter

Jamie Renell as Security Guard

Friedman Twinkies as Roy Bryant Jr and Lamar Bryant

Jonathan D. Williams as D.A. Rob Smith

Jaylin Webb as Willie Hemphill

Eric Whitten as JW Milam

Diallo Thompson as Maurice

Cora Maple Lindell as Gallery Observer

David Caprita as Bailiff

Elizabeth Youman as Ollie

Charles T. Massey as Reporter

Angela Yale as Department store clerk

Phil Biedron as Courthouse Reporter

Carol J. Mckenith as Willie Mae

Torey Adkins as White Man #1

Maurice Johnson as Ernest Withers

Noel Sampson as David Jackson

Brandon P Bell as Funeral Home Reporter

Destin Freeman as Too Tight

Bree Fyffe as Townsperson (Child)

Josh Mendez Sr. as Juror

Marcus Atkins as Onlooker / Juke Joint Background

Darian Rolle as Willie Reed

Brennan Schram as Reporter

Melina Datta as Reporter

Blaine Huslig as Photojournalist

Ryan Austin Bryant as Newspaper Boy

Richard Nash as 1950's Courtroom Onlooker / Pedestrian

Kevin Brown as White Mob Member / Juror

Scott Hanson as TV Reporter