Denzel Washington

Self - Narrator

Martin Luther King

Self

Clarence B. Jones

Self - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s political advisor

Andrew Young

Self - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s political advisor

Taylor Branch

Self - historian, non-fiction author

Eugene 'Bull' Connor

Self - commissioner of public safety, Birmingham, Alabama

Clayborne Carson

Self - historian

Rutha Harris

Self - Freedom Singers (1962-1965)

Roger Mudd

Self - news reporter, CBS (1961-1980)

Hunter Pitts O'Dell

Self - National Maritime Union (1945-1960)

Rachelle Horowitz

Self - organizer, March on Washington

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self

Harry Belafonte

Self

A. Philip Randolph

Self

Bayard Rustin

Self

John F. Kennedy

Self

Harris Wofford

Self - John F. Kennedy administration's civil rights expert