Maxine McNair

Maxine McNair

Self - Father of Denise McNair

Chris McNair

Self - Denise's Aunt

Helen Pegues

Harold McNair

Harold McNair

Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

Queen Nunn

Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Self - New York Times Editor

Howell Raines

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Carole C. Smitherman

Self - Carole's Aunt

Wamo Reed Robertson

Self - Carole's Sister

Dianne Braddock

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Carolyn Lee Brown

Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

Alpha Robertson

Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Wyatt Tee Walker

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

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Self - School Teacher

Florence Terrell

Self - School Teacher

Gwendolyn White

Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Doris Lockhart

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Gerald Colbert

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Freeman Hrabowski III

Self - Cynthia's Sister

Shirley Wesley King

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Carolyn M. McKinstry

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

David J. Vann

Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

Bill Baxley

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Albert Boutwell

Self - SCLC

Andrew Young

Self - Author

Taylor Branch

Self - Music Teacher

Nadean S. Williams

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Janie Gaines

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Rhonda Nunn Thomas

Self - SCLC

James Bevel

Self - SCLC

Tommy Wrenn

Self

George Wallace

Self - Former US Attorney General

Nicholas Katzenbach

Self - Funeral Home Director

Billie Harris

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Ricky Powell

Self - SCLC

Lillie Brown

Self - Actor and Playwright

Ossie Davis

Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

Mahalia Jackson

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Barbara Nunn

Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

John Cross

Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

Barbara Cross

Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

Morris Marshall

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Junie Collins

Self - SCLC

Diane Nash

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Faye Davis

Self

Coretta Scott King

Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

Walter Cronkite

Self - Educator

Bill Cosby

Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Jesse Jackson

Self - Green Bay Packers

Reggie White

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

Ralph Abernathy

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

David Brinkley

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

Addie Mae Collins

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

James Farmer

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Spike Lee

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

Denise McNair

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

Cynthia Wesley

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

Carole Rosamond Robertson