Denzel Washington character Melvin B. Tolson
Nate Parker character Henry Lowe
Forest Whitaker character Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Denzel Whitaker character James Farmer Jr.
Kimberly Elise character Pearl Farmer
Jermaine Williams character Hamilton Burgess
Gina Ravera character Ruth Tolson
John Heard character Sheriff Dozier
Devyn A. Tyler character Helen Farmer
Trenton McClain Boyd character Nathaniel Farmer
Ritchie Montgomery character Deputy
Jackson Walker character Pig Owner
Tim Parati character Pig Farmer
Robert X. Golphin character Dunbar Reed
Justice Leak character Harland Osbourne
Glen Powell character Harvard Debater #1
Brad Watkins character Harvard Debater #2
Brian Smiar character Harvard Dean
Damien Leake character Wilson
Voltaire Sterling character Paul Quinn Debater #1
Stephen Rider character Paul Quinn Debater #2
Gordon Danniels character Paul Quinn Debate Judge
Donny Boaz character Oklahoma City College Debater #1
Samuel Elliott Whisnant character Oklahoma City College Debater #2
Bonnie Johnson character Dr. Jennings
Charissa Allen character Benita
Michael Beasley character Trudell
Gary Mathis character Enormous Man
Georges Wilson character Samuel
Fahnlohnee R. Harris character Clementine
Harold Evans character William Taylor
J.D. Evermore character Captain Wainwright
Sharon Jones character Lila
Kelvin Payton character Joseph
Southey Blanton character White Labor Organizer
Michael Mattison character White Sharecropper #1
Jeff Braun character White Sharecropper #2
Milton R. Gipson character Prairie View Professor
Frank Ridley character Security Guard
Jeremiah Kissel character Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate
Jack Radosta character White Man at Lynching
Alvin Youngblood Hart character Juke Joint Musician #1
Dom Flemons character Juke Joint Musician #2
Justin Robinson character Juke Joint Musician #3
Rhiannon Giddens character Juke Joint Musician #4
Ahmad Powell character Fisk Professor
Marcus Lyle Brown character Howard Debater #1
Jurnee Smollett character Samantha Booke
Gary Mattis character Enormous Man
