Maxine McNair

Self - Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair

Self - Father of Denise McNair

Helen Pegues

Self - Denise's Aunt

Queen Nunn

Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines

Self - New York Times Editor

Harold McNair

Self - Denise's Uncle

Carole C. Smitherman

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Wamo Reed Robertson

Self - Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock

Self - Carole's Sister

Carolyn Lee Brown

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Alpha Robertson

Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

Wyatt Tee Walker

Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

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

Florence Terrell

Self - School Teacher

Gwendolyn White

Self - School Teacher

Doris Lockhart

Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Gerald Colbert

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Freeman Hrabowski III

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Shirley Wesley King

Self - Cynthia's Sister

Carolyn M. McKinstry

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

David J. Vann

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

Bill Baxley

Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

Albert Boutwell

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Andrew Young

Self - SCLC

Taylor Branch

Self - Author

Nadean S. Williams

Self - Music Teacher

Janie Gaines

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Rhonda Nunn Thomas

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

James Bevel

Self - SCLC

Tommy Wrenn

Self - SCLC

George Wallace

Self

Nicholas Katzenbach

Self - Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris

Self - Funeral Home Director

Ricky Powell

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Lillie Brown

Self - SCLC

Ossie Davis

Self - Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson

Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

Barbara Nunn

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

John Cross

Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

Barbara Cross

Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

Morris Marshall

Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

Junie Collins

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Diane Nash

Self - SCLC

Faye Davis

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

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)