On screen
Cast
56 credited performers
Cicely Tyson
Mama Flora
Erika Alexander
Young Flora
Blair Underwood
Willie
Queen Latifah
Diana
Mario Van Peebles
Luke
Hill Harper
Don
Shemar Moore
Lincoln Fleming
Lou Myers
Albie
Tanya Wright
Ernestine
Sicily Johnson
Diana (Teenager)
Novella Nelson
Pearl (1955-1970)
Elijah Kelley
Young Willie
Tommy Hollis
Reverend Jackson
David Ramsey
Booker Palmer (Adult)
Donna Biscoe
Jessica
Rhoda Griffis
Mrs. Hopkins (Younger Woman)
Artwork unavailable
Edith Ivey
Mrs. Hopkins (Older Woman)
Shashawnee Hall
Ab
Terrence Howard
Lincoln
E. Roger Mitchell
Charlie (1912)
Ronald McCall
Johnny Metzer
Gregory Alan Williams
Charlie (1941)
DJ Qualls
Jason
Artwork unavailable
Faye Yvette McQueen
Dancer
Earl Maddox
Racist
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Public Defender
Jill Jane Clements
Waitress
Angela Elayne Gibbs
Woman with Baby
Libby Whittemore
Nurse
Don Henderson Baker
Clerk (1955)
Tony Vaughn
Man (1941)
Jody Thompson
Another Boy
Alex Van
Ralph
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Mr. Anderson
Artwork unavailable
Wynton Yates
Don
Artwork unavailable
Patty Mack
Pearl
Artwork unavailable
Michelle Benjamin Cooper
Pearl
Artwork unavailable
Wesley Yates
Booker Palmer (Age 8)
Artwork unavailable
Preston Wigasi Brant
Booker Palmer
Mike Masters
Ben
Artwork unavailable
Angelina Spicer
Ruthana (Teenager)
Artwork unavailable
Carol Mitchell-Leon
Flora's Mama
Artwork unavailable
Tom Even
Judge Bennett
Mitchell Laurance
State's Attorney
Tonea Stewart
Bessie
Artwork unavailable
Tina King
House Maid
Artwork unavailable
Jevon Dewand
Slave
Artwork unavailable
Joe Cobb Jr.
Dock Worker #2
Artwork unavailable
Scott Oliver
Judge Hogan
Artwork unavailable
James Mayberry
Blood Donor #1
Artwork unavailable
Mert Hatfield
Sheriff
Erik Kilpatrick
Reggie
Artwork unavailable
Jordan Williams
Kevin Hopkins (Older Man)
Jonathan Parks Jordan
Gavin Hopkins
Crystal R. Fox
Ruthana
Jermaine Jackson
Dancer