Tom Cherry
Bobby Frank Cherry
Virginia Cherry
Young Tom
Dalton Strong
Garrick Jones
Denise McNair
Cynthia Wesley
Carole Robertson
Mae Collins (as Isys McKoy)
Sarah Collins
Mrs. Wesley
Older Woman at Church (as Dolores Ettienne)
Sunday School Teacher
Minister at Church
Tommy
Robert Chambliss
Herman Cash
Troy Ingram
J. Edgar Hoover
Willie the Vagrant (as Charles Gray)
Young Bobby Jr.
Cherry child
Jack Kash
Youth (as Chris Collins)
Bobby Cherry Jr. (at age 31)
Mama Jones
Bill Connor
Woman at Riot
State Trooper
Lucinda
Doctor
Minister at Funeral
Witness
Man in Church
Man in Street (as Kelly D. Fiddick)
Mrs. McNair
Fireman
Prosecutor
Sunday School Student (as Denis Kacenga)
Wesley (uncredited)