Maxine McNair

Self - Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair

Self - Father of Denise McNair

Helen Pegues

Self - Denise's Aunt

Queen Nunn

Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines

Self - New York Times Editor

Harold McNair

Self - Denise's Uncle

Carole C. Smitherman

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Wamo Reed Robertson

Self - Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock

Self - Carole's Sister

Carolyn Lee Brown

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Alpha Robertson

Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

Wyatt Tee Walker

Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

Florence Terrell

Self - School Teacher

Gwendolyn White

Self - School Teacher

Doris Lockhart

Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Gerald Colbert

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Freeman Hrabowski III

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Shirley Wesley King

Self - Cynthia's Sister

Carolyn M. McKinstry

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

David J. Vann

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

Bill Baxley

Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

Albert Boutwell

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Andrew Young

Self - SCLC

Taylor Branch

Self - Author

Nadean S. Williams

Self - Music Teacher

Janie Gaines

Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Rhonda Nunn Thomas

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

James Bevel

Self - SCLC

Tommy Wrenn

Self - SCLC

George Wallace

Self

Nicholas Katzenbach

Self - Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris

Self - Funeral Home Director

Ricky Powell

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Lillie Brown

Self - SCLC

Ossie Davis

Self - Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson

Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

Barbara Nunn

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

John Cross

Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church