Maxine McNair

Self - Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair

Self - Father of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines

Self - New York Times Editor

Wamo Reed Robertson

Self - Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock

Self - Carole's Sister

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

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

Andrew Young

Self - SCLC

Taylor Branch

Self - Author

James Bevel

Self - SCLC

George Wallace

Self

Nicholas Katzenbach

Self - Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris

Self - Funeral Home Director

Ossie Davis

Self - Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson

Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

Junie Collins

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Diane Nash

Self - SCLC

Coretta Scott King

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

Bill Cosby

Self - Educator

Jesse Jackson

Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Reggie White

Self - Green Bay Packers

Ralph Abernathy

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

David Brinkley

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

Addie Mae Collins

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

James Farmer

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

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spike Lee

Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Denise McNair

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

Cynthia Wesley

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

Carole Rosamond Robertson

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