James Brown

Chadwick Boseman

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Bobby Byrd

Nelsan Ellis

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Ben Bart

Dan Aykroyd

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Susie Brown

Viola Davis

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Joe Brown

Lennie James

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Syd Nathan

Fred Melamed

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DeeDee Brown

Jill Scott

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Aunt Honey

Octavia Spencer

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Mick Jagger

Nick Eversman

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Yvonne Fair

Tika Sumpter

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Corporal Dooley

James DuMont

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Pool Cleaner

Billy Slaughter

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Warden

Ritchie Montgomery

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Maceo Parker

Craig Robinson

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Little Richard

Brandon Mychal Smith

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Nafloyd Scott

Aloe Blacc

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Ralph Bass

Josh Hopkins

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Vicki Anderson

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

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Pee Wee Ellis

Tariq Trotter

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Baby Roy

Keith D. Robinson

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Penelope White

Stacey Scowley

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Gertrude Sanders

Liz Mikel

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Grandpa Byrd

Julius Tennon

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Kathy

Allison Janney

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Richard

John Benjamin Hickey

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Seminar Presenter

J.D. Evermore

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Mavis

Carol Lee

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Shirley Buell

Cleta Elaine Ellington

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Insurance Salesman

Jim Gleason

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Reporter

Ahna O'Reilly

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Black Infantryman

Antonius Charles

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Black Infantryman

Donald Watkins

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Pilot

Corey Sorenson

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Soldier

Hunter Burke

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Little James Brown

Jamarion Scott

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Little James Brown

Jordan Scott

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Reno Reporter

Rena DeAngelo

Art

Bobby Bennett

Aakomon Jones

Crew

Lynched Man

George Quinones

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Frankie Avalon

Aaron Jay Rome

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Big Junior

Atkins Estimond

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Daddy Grace

Clyde Jones

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1949 Cop

Michael Papajohn

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Big Kid

Denzel Reed

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Mrs. Byrd

Phyllis Montana LeBlanc

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Sarah Byrd

Taura Cherne

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Announcer

Kirk Bovill

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Diner Waitress

Cariella Smith

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Velma Brown

Jacinte Blankenship

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Female in Audience

Sandra DeNise

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Susie's Soldier

Sheldon Frett

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JB Chauffeur

Mario J. Radford

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Alan Leeds

Joe T. Blankenship

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Minder

Randy Smith

Sound

Teddy Brown

Alvin Edney II

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Little Christmas Boy

Adrien Scott Robinson

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Little Christmas Girl

Elliott June Rogers

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Jimmy Nolen

Jamell Richardson

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Mayor White

Jason Davis

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Bootsy

Justin Hall

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Catfish

David Carzell

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Chicken

Dominic Thigpen

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1949 Cop

Matt Thompson

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Insurance Agent

Aaron J. Brooks

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