Top Billed Cast

1. 

   Maxine McNair

   Self - Mother of Denise McNair

2. 

   Chris McNair

   Self - Father of Denise McNair

3. 

   Helen Pegues

   Self - Denise's Aunt

4. 

   Queen Nunn

   Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

5. 

   Arthur Hanes Jr.

   Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

6. 

   Howell Raines

   Self - New York Times Editor

7. 

   Harold McNair

   Self - Denise's Uncle

8. 

   Carole C. Smitherman

   Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

9. 

   Wamo Reed Robertson

   Self - Carole's Aunt

10. 

    Dianne Braddock

    Self - Carole's Sister

11. 

    Carolyn Lee Brown

    Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

12. 

    Alpha Robertson

    Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

13. 

    Wyatt Tee Walker

    Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

14. 

    Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

    Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

15. 

    Florence Terrell

    Self - School Teacher

16. 

    Gwendolyn White

    Self - School Teacher

17. 

    Doris Lockhart

    Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

18. 

    Gerald Colbert

    Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

19. 

    Freeman Hrabowski III

    Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

20. 

    Shirley Wesley King

    Self - Cynthia's Sister

21. 

    Carolyn M. McKinstry

    Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

22. 

    David J. Vann

    Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

23. 

    Bill Baxley

    Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

24. 

    Albert Boutwell

    Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

25. 

    Andrew Young

    Self - SCLC

26. 

    Taylor Branch

    Self - Author

27. 

    Nadean S. Williams

    Self - Music Teacher

28. 

    Janie Gaines

    Self - Addie Mae's Sister

29. 

    Rhonda Nunn Thomas

    Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

30. 

    James Bevel

    Self - SCLC

31. 

    Tommy Wrenn

    Self - SCLC

32. 

    George Wallace

    Self

33. 

    Nicholas Katzenbach

    Self - Former US Attorney General

34. 

    Billie Harris

    Self - Funeral Home Director

35. 

    Ricky Powell

    Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

36. 

    Lillie Brown

    Self - SCLC

37. 

    Ossie Davis

    Self - Actor and Playwright

38. 

    Mahalia Jackson

    Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

39. 

    Barbara Nunn

    Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

40. 

    John Cross

    Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

41. 

    Barbara Cross

    Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

42. 

    Morris Marshall

    Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

43. 

    Junie Collins

    Self - Addie Mae's Sister

44. 

    Diane Nash

    Self - SCLC

45. 

    Faye Davis

    Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

46. 

    Coretta Scott King

    Self

47. 

    Walter Cronkite

    Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

48. 

    Bill Cosby

    Self - Educator

49. 

    Jesse Jackson

    Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

50. 

    Reggie White

    Self - Green Bay Packers

51. 

    Ralph Abernathy

    Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)

52. 

    David Brinkley

    Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

53. 

    Addie Mae Collins

    Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

54. 

    James Farmer

    Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)

55. 

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

56. 

    Spike Lee

    Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

57. 

    Denise McNair

    Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)

58. 

    Cynthia Wesley

    Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

59. 

    Carole Rosamond Robertson

    Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)