Maxine McNair

Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair

Father of Denise McNair

Helen Pegues

Denise's Aunt

Queen Nunn

Neighbor of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines

New York Times Editor

Harold McNair

Denise's Uncle

Carole C. Smitherman

Denise's Childhood Friend

Wamo Reed Robertson

Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock

Carole's Sister

Carolyn Lee Brown

Carole's Childhood Friend

Alpha Robertson

Mother of Carole Robertson

Wyatt Tee Walker

Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

Florence Terrell

School Teacher

Gwendolyn White

School Teacher

Doris Lockhart

Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Gerald Colbert

Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Freeman Hrabowski III

Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Shirley Wesley King

Cynthia's Sister

Carolyn M. McKinstry

Cynthia's Childhood Friend

David J. Vann

Former Mayor of Birmingham

Bill Baxley

Former Attorney General of Alabama

Albert Boutwell

Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Andrew Young

SCLC

Taylor Branch

Author

Nadean S. Williams

Music Teacher

Janie Gaines

Addie Mae's Sister

Rhonda Nunn Thomas

Denise's Childhood Friend

James Bevel

SCLC

Tommy Wrenn

SCLC

George Wallace

Self

Nicholas Katzenbach

Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris

Funeral Home Director

Ricky Powell

Denise's Childhood Friend

Lillie Brown

SCLC

Ossie Davis

Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson

During March on Washington (archive footage)

Barbara Nunn

Denise's Childhood Friend

John Cross

Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

Barbara Cross

Daughter of Reverend Cross

Morris Marshall

16th Street Baptist Church Member

Junie Collins

Addie Mae's Sister

Diane Nash

SCLC

Faye Davis

Carole's Childhood Friend

Coretta Scott King

Self

Walter Cronkite

Special Correspondent CBS News

Bill Cosby

Educator

Jesse Jackson

Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Reggie White

Green Bay Packers

Ralph Abernathy

with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Brinkley

Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

Addie Mae Collins

(joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Farmer

with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Spike Lee

Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Denise McNair

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

Cynthia Wesley

(joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carole Rosamond Robertson

(joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)