Maxine McNair
Role: Self - Mother of Denise McNair
Chris McNair
Role: Self - Father of Denise McNair
Helen Pegues
Role: Self - Denise's Aunt
Queen Nunn
Role: Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair
Arthur Hanes Jr.
Role: Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss
Howell Raines
Role: Self - New York Times Editor
Harold McNair
Role: Self - Denise's Uncle
Carole C. Smitherman
Role: Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
Wamo Reed Robertson
Role: Self - Carole's Aunt
Dianne Braddock
Role: Self - Carole's Sister
Carolyn Lee Brown
Role: Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
Alpha Robertson
Role: Self - Mother of Carole Robertson
Wyatt Tee Walker
Role: Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Role: Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Florence Terrell
Role: Self - School Teacher
Gwendolyn White
Role: Self - School Teacher
Doris Lockhart
Role: Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley
Gerald Colbert
Role: Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor
Freeman Hrabowski III
Role: Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
Shirley Wesley King
Role: Self - Cynthia's Sister
Carolyn M. McKinstry
Role: Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
David J. Vann
Role: Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham
Bill Baxley
Role: Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama
Albert Boutwell
Role: Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)
Andrew Young
Role: Self - SCLC
Taylor Branch
Role: Self - Author
Nadean S. Williams
Role: Self - Music Teacher
Janie Gaines
Role: Self - Addie Mae's Sister
Rhonda Nunn Thomas
Role: Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
James Bevel
Role: Self - SCLC
Tommy Wrenn
Role: Self - SCLC
Nicholas Katzenbach
Role: Self - Former US Attorney General
Billie Harris
Role: Self - Funeral Home Director
Ricky Powell
Role: Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
Lillie Brown
Role: Self - SCLC
Ossie Davis
Role: Self - Actor and Playwright
Mahalia Jackson
Role: Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)
Barbara Nunn
Role: Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
John Cross
Role: Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church
Barbara Cross
Role: Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross
Morris Marshall
Role: Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member
Junie Collins
Role: Self - Addie Mae's Sister
Diane Nash
Role: Self - SCLC
Faye Davis
Role: Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
Coretta Scott King
Role: Self
Walter Cronkite
Role: Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Bill Cosby
Role: Self - Educator
Jesse Jackson
Role: Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Reggie White
Role: Self - Green Bay Packers
Ralph Abernathy
Role: Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Brinkley
Role: Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
Addie Mae Collins
Role: Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Farmer
Role: Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spike Lee
Role: Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Denise McNair
Role: Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cynthia Wesley
Role: Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carole Rosamond Robertson
Role: Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
