On screen
Cast
33 credited performers
Morris Chestnut
Ernest Green
Ossie Davis
Grandfather
CCH Pounder
Daisy Bates
Gary Grubbs
Coach Loomis
Tina Lifford
Mrs. Green
Avery Brooks
Rev. Lawson
Ruby Dee
Lydia Wilson
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Thurgood Marshall
Omar Gooding
Marcus
James Harper
Gov. Orval Faubus
Wayne Tippit
Principal Matthews
Suli McCullough
Character not listed
Artwork unavailable
Lisa Marie Russell
Elizabeth Eckford
Tico Wells
Scott Green
Artwork unavailable
Jacqueline Ann Shaw
Thelma Mothershed
Artwork unavailable
Justice Pratt
Jason
Sonny Shroyer
Coach Snell
Dennis Letts
Gov. Marvin Griffin
Artwork unavailable
Katharina Reinhardt
Mrs. Gaines
Artwork unavailable
Jerry Leggio
Mayor Woody Mann
John Boyd West
Starkey
Missy Crider
Charlene Talbot
Artwork unavailable
Sarah Boss
Rhonda
Artwork unavailable
Frances Kemp
Grace Lorch
Robert Alexander
Lionel
Artwork unavailable
John Hickman
Mr. Prior
Artwork unavailable
Anitra Lovelace
Gloria
Artwork unavailable
Sean Serino
Carlotta
Artwork unavailable
Toya Stokes
Melba
Artwork unavailable
Mark W. Johnson
Emmett Moody
Artwork unavailable
Tommy Sanders
Governor's Aide Smiley
Artwork unavailable
Jackie Stewart
Rev. Matcher
Artwork unavailable
Moses Peace
Minnijean's Father