David Oyelowo character Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tom Wilkinson character President Lyndon B. Johnson
Carmen Ejogo character Coretta Scott King
Tim Roth character Gov. George Wallace
Oprah Winfrey character Annie Lee Cooper
Giovanni Ribisi character Lee White
Alessandro Nivola character John Doar
Cuba Gooding Jr. character Fred Gray
André Holland character Andrew Young
Omar J. Dorsey character James Orange
Colman Domingo character Ralph Abernathy
Common character James Bevel
Ruben Santiago-Hudson character Bayard Rustin
Tessa Thompson character Diane Nash
Lorraine Toussaint character Amelia Boynton
David Dwyer character Chief Wilson Baker
E. Roger Mitchell character Frederick Reese
Dylan Baker character J. Edgar Hoover
Ledisi Anibade Young character Mahalia Jackson
Kent Faulcon character Sullivan Jackson
Niecy Nash character Richie Jean Jackson
Corey Reynolds character Rev. C.T. Vivian
Wendell Pierce character Rev. Hosea Williams
Stephan James character John Lewis
Lakeith Stanfield character Jimmie Lee Jackson
Charity Jordan character Viola Lee Jackson
Trai Byers character James Forman
Stan Houston character Sheriff Jim Clark
Nigel Thatch character Malcolm X
Jeremy Strong character James Reeb
Tara Ochs character Viola Liuzzo
Martin Sheen character Frank Minis Johnson
Stephen Root character Col. Al Lingo
Greg Maness character Aide
Haviland Stillwell character President's Secretary
Charles Black character Elder Marcher
Jody Thompson character White Marcher
Henry G. Sanders character Cager Lee
Montrel Miller character Young Marcher
