"This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
Jeffrey Wright
as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Terrence Howard
as Ralph Abernathy
CCH Pounder
as Jo Ann Robinson
Carmen Ejogo
as Coretta Scott King
Reg E. Cathey
as E.D. Nixon
Brent Jennings
as Rufus Lewis
Iris Little Thomas
as Rosa Parks
Shawn Michael Howard
as Fred Gray
Aaron Neville
as Angry Neighbor
Erik Dellums
as Bayard Rustin
Mike Hodge
as Daddy King
Whitman Mayo
as Reverend Banyon
Walter Franks
as Reverend Fields
Mert Hatfield
as Mayor Gayle
Tom Nowicki
as Commissioner Sellars
Danny Nelson
as Commissioner Parks
E. Roger Mitchell
as Bob Phillips
Heather Salmon
as Mrs. Dunlap
Clark Johnson
as Emory Jackson
Jack Martin
as Clifford Durr
Crystal Garrett
as Juanita Abernathy
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
as Raymond Parks
James Bigwood
as Bus Driver
L. Warren Young
as Hotel Clerk
Freda Scott Giles
as Woman #1
Schveka Cooper-Brown
as Woman #2
Ralph David Abernathy
as Young Boy
Dan Biggers
as Judge
Frank Hoyt Taylor
as Jack Crenshaw
Toiya Tillman
as Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather)
Cassi Davis
as Cook
Willy Andralliski
as Pharmacy Owner
A.J. Jerrick
as Dr. Johnson
Sandra Ellis Lafferty
as White Committee Woman
Ron Leggett
as Juke Joint Patron
Ray Stoney
Lee Roy Giles
as Holiness Minister
Elizabeth Omilami
as MLK Passenger
Deborah Duke
Ginnie Randall
Robert C. Treveiler
as Jail Clerk
Steve Coulter
as Sergeant
Erik M. Underwood
as Church Member (uncredited)
Von Coulter
as MLK Guard
Omar J. Dorsey
Angela Elayne Gibbs
as Congregant #1
Geoffrey Williams
as Congregant #2
Willie Tennyson
as Cabbie
Gerald Brown
as Wino
James Mayberry
as Police Officer
Richie Dye
as Policeman
Whitt Brantley
David Dwyer
Jeff Braun
Dolan Wilson
Lavon Lacey
as Luther Ingalls
Janell McLeod
as White Lady
Heath Gunn
Sherri L. Walker
Molly Johnson
as Mocha Beauty
Jeffrey Pratt Gordon
as Redneck
Darwin T. Hobbs
as Juke Joint Singer
Kenric Richardson
as MLK Supporter
Edith Ivey
as Woman Getting Ticket
Sylvester Jenkins
as Loading Dock Man #1
Bill Erwin
as Loading Dock Man #2
Shannon Welles
as Porch Lady
Marion Guyot
as Virginia Durr
Director
H.H. Cooper
First Assistant Director
Timothy J. Sexton
Writer
Herman Daniel Farrell
Stewart Burns
Book
Debi Young
Makeup Artist
Joseph Vitarelli
Original Music Composer
David Hennings
Director of Photography