Ernest Green
Morris Chestnut
Grandfather
Ossie Davis
Principal Matthews
Wayne Tippit
Suli McCullough
Elizabeth Eckford
Lisa Marie Russell
Scott Green
Tico Wells
Thelma Mothershed
Jacqueline Ann Shaw
Jason
Justice Pratt
Coach Snell
Sonny Shroyer
Gov. Marvin Griffin
Dennis Letts
Mrs. Gaines
Katharina Reinhardt
Mayor Woody Mann
Jerry Leggio
Daisy Bates
CCH Pounder
Starkey
John Boyd West
Charlene Talbot
Missy Crider
Rhonda
Sarah Boss
Grace Lorch
Frances Kemp
Lionel
Robert Alexander
Mr. Prior
John Hickman
Gloria
Anitra Lovelace
Carlotta
Sean Serino
Melba
Toya Stokes
Emmett Moody
Mark W. Johnson
Coach Loomis
Gary Grubbs
Governor's Aide Smiley
Tommy Sanders
Rev. Matcher
Jackie Stewart
Minnijean's Father
Moses Peace
Mrs. Green
Tina Lifford
Rev. Lawson
Avery Brooks
Lydia Wilson
Ruby Dee
Thurgood Marshall
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Marcus
Omar Gooding
Gov. Orval Faubus
James Harper
Cinematography
Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Music
Mason Daring
Director
Eric Laneuville
Casting
Kimberly Hardin
Editor
Jeff Freeman
Production Design
Roy Alan Amaral
Costume Design
Enid Harris
Executive Producer
Adrienne Levin
Carol Abrams
Producer
Jean Higgins
Writer
Lawrence Roman