Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

David Oyelowo

Acting

Coretta Scott King

Carmen Ejogo

Acting

President Lyndon B. Johnson

Tom Wilkinson

Acting

Lee White

Giovanni Ribisi

Acting

Gov. George Wallace

Tim Roth

Acting

Andrew Young

André Holland

Acting

Ralph Abernathy

Colman Domingo

Acting

James Bevel

Common

Acting

John Lewis

Stephan James

Acting

James Orange

Omar J. Dorsey

Acting

Jimmie Lee Jackson

LaKeith Stanfield

Acting

Annie Lee Cooper

Oprah Winfrey

Acting

Diane Nash

Tessa Thompson

Acting

Fred Gray

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Acting

Bayard Rustin

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Acting

Sullivan Jackson

Kent Faulcon

Acting

Amelia Boynton

Lorraine Toussaint

Acting

John Doar

Alessandro Nivola

Acting

Chief Wilson Baker

David Dwyer

Acting

Frederick Reese

E. Roger Mitchell

Acting

J. Edgar Hoover

Dylan Baker

Acting

Mahalia Jackson

Ledisi

Acting

Richie Jean Jackson

Niecy Nash-Betts

Acting

Rev. C.T. Vivian

Corey Reynolds

Acting

Rev. Hosea Williams

Wendell Pierce

Acting

Viola Lee Jackson

Charity Jordan

Acting

Malcolm X

Nigel Thatch

Acting

James Forman

Trai Byers

Acting

Sheriff Jim Clark

Stan Houston

Acting

James Reeb

Jeremy Strong

Acting

Viola Liuzzo

Tara Ochs

Acting

Col. Al Lingo

Stephen Root

Acting

Aide

Greg Maness

Acting

President's Secretary

Haviland Stillwell

Acting

Elder Marcher

Charles Black

Acting

White Marcher

Jody Thompson

Acting

Cager Lee

Henry G. Sanders

Acting

Young Marcher

Montrel Miller

Acting

Gunnar Jahn

Jim France

Acting

Major Cloud

Michael Papajohn

Acting

Roy Reed

John Lavelle

Acting

Jackson's Daughter

Stormy Merriwether

Acting

Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

Martin Sheen

Acting