The Story of Martin Luther King and One Act of Defiance That Changed a Nation
6.6
118 min
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Jeffrey Wright | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Terrence Howard | Ralph Abernathy | Unowned |
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CCH Pounder | Jo Ann Robinson | Unowned |
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Carmen Ejogo | Coretta Scott King | Unowned |
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Reg E. Cathey | E.D. Nixon | Unowned |
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Brent Jennings | Rufus Lewis | Unowned |
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Iris Little Thomas | Rosa Parks | Unowned |
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Shawn Michael Howard | Fred Gray | Unowned |
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Aaron Neville | Angry Neighbor | Unowned |
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Erik Dellums | Bayard Rustin | Unowned |
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Mike Hodge | Daddy King | Unowned |
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Whitman Mayo | Reverend Banyon | Unowned |
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Walter Franks | Reverend Fields | Unowned |
| Mert Hatfield | Mayor Gayle | Unowned | |
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Tom Nowicki | Commissioner Sellars | Unowned |
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Danny Nelson | Commissioner Parks | Unowned |
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E. Roger Mitchell | Bob Phillips | Unowned |
| Heather Salmon | Mrs. Dunlap | Unowned | |
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Clark Johnson | Emory Jackson | Unowned |
| Jack Martin | Clifford Durr | Unowned | |
| Crystal Garrett | Juanita Abernathy | Unowned | |
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Thomas Jefferson Byrd | Raymond Parks | Unowned |
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James Bigwood | Bus Driver | Unowned |
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L. Warren Young | Hotel Clerk | Unowned |
| Freda Scott Giles | Woman #1 | Unowned | |
| Schveka Cooper-Brown | Woman #2 | Unowned | |
| Ralph David Abernathy | Young Boy | Unowned | |
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Dan Biggers | Judge | Unowned |
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Frank Hoyt Taylor | Jack Crenshaw | Unowned |
| Toiya Tillman | Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather) | Unowned | |
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Cassi Davis | Cook | Unowned |
| Willy Andralliski | Pharmacy Owner | Unowned | |
| A.J. Jerrick | Dr. Johnson | Unowned | |
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Sandra Ellis Lafferty | White Committee Woman | Unowned |
| Ron Leggett | Juke Joint Patron | Unowned | |
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Ray Stoney | Juke Joint Patron | Unowned |
| Lee Roy Giles | Holiness Minister | Unowned | |
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Elizabeth Omilami | MLK Passenger | Unowned |
| Deborah Duke | MLK Passenger | Unowned | |
| Ginnie Randall | MLK Passenger | Unowned | |
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Robert C. Treveiler | Jail Clerk | Unowned |
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Steve Coulter | Sergeant | Unowned |
| Erik M. Underwood | Church Member (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Von Coulter | MLK Guard | Unowned |
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Omar J. Dorsey | MLK Guard | Unowned |
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Angela Elayne Gibbs | Congregant #1 | Unowned |
| Geoffrey Williams | Congregant #2 | Unowned | |
| Willie Tennyson | Cabbie | Unowned | |
| Gerald Brown | Wino | Unowned | |
| James Mayberry | Police Officer | Unowned | |
| Richie Dye | Policeman | Unowned | |
| Whitt Brantley | Policeman | Unowned | |
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David Dwyer | Policeman | Unowned |
| Jeff Braun | Policeman | Unowned | |
| Dolan Wilson | Policeman | Unowned | |
| Lavon Lacey | Luther Ingalls | Unowned | |
| Janell McLeod | White Lady | Unowned | |
| Heath Gunn | Angry Neighbor | Unowned | |
| Sherri L. Walker | Angry Neighbor | Unowned | |
| Molly Johnson | Mocha Beauty | Unowned | |
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Jeffrey Pratt Gordon | Redneck | Unowned |
| Darwin T. Hobbs | Juke Joint Singer | Unowned | |
| Kenric Richardson | MLK Supporter | Unowned | |
| Edith Ivey | Woman Getting Ticket | Unowned | |
| Sylvester Jenkins | Loading Dock Man #1 | Unowned | |
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Bill Erwin | Loading Dock Man #2 | Unowned |
| Shannon Welles | Porch Lady | Unowned | |
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Marion Guyot | Virginia Durr | Unowned |