Characters played by Melina Abdullah
Self - Chair
Pan-African Studies
California State University
Los Angeles
Characters played by Michelle Alexander
Self - Educator and Author
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Characters played by Cory Booker
Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey
Characters played by Dolores Canales
Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist
Co-Founder of California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement
Characters played by Gina Clayton
Self - Attorney and Founder
Essie Justice Group
Characters played by Jelani Cobb
Self - Professor of African-American Studies
University of Connecticut
Characters played by Malkia Cyril
Self - Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice
Characters played by Angela Davis
Self - Professor Emerita
UC Santa Cruz
Characters played by Craig DeRoche
Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist
President
Justice Fellowship
Characters played by David Dinkins
Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
Characters played by Baz Dreisinger
Self - Educator and Author
Incarceration Nations
Characters played by Kevin Gannon
Self - Professor of History
Grandview University
Characters played by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Self - Professor of History
Harvard University
Characters played by Marie Gottschalk
Self - Professor of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
Characters played by Newt Gingrich
Self - 50th Speaker of the House of Representatives
2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Characters played by Lisa Graves
Self - Executive Director
Center for Media and Democracy
Characters played by Cory Greene
Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist
Co-Founder
H.O.L.L.A.
Characters played by John Hagan
Self - Professor of Sociology and Law
Northwestern University
Characters played by Michael Hough
Self - Maryland State Senator (R)
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
Characters played by Van Jones
Self - Founder
#CUT50
Founder & President
Dream Corps
Characters played by David Keene
Self - Chairman 1984 - 2011
American Conservative Union
Characters played by James Kilgore
Self - Formerly Incarcerated Author
Understanding Mass Incarceration
Characters played by Glenn E. Martin
Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist
Founder
JustLeadershipUSA
Characters played by Marc Mauer
Self - Executive Director
Sentencing Project
Characters played by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Self - Professor of History
Race and Public Policy
Harvard University
Characters played by Pat Nolan
Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist
SVP
Prison Fellowship
Characters played by Grover Norquist
Self - Board Member
Americans for Tax Reform
Characters played by Dorsey Nunn
Self - Executive Director
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Characters played by Liza Jessie Peterson
Self - Incarceration Activist and Educator
Characters played by Charles Rangel
Self - Congressman (D)
New York 13th District
Characters played by Kyung-Ji Rhee
Self - Center for Nu Leadership on Urban Solutions
Characters played by Rashad Robinson
Self - Color for Change
Characters played by Shaka Senghor
Self - Formerly Incarcerated Activist
Director of Strategy
#CUT50
Characters played by Bob Sloan
Self - Independent Investigative Journalist
Characters played by Deborah Small
Self - Attorney and Founder
Break the Chains
Characters played by Bryan Stevenson
Self - Attorney and Author
Founder
Equal Justice Initiative
Characters played by Ken Thompson
Self - District Attorney - Brooklyn
New York
Characters played by Nicholas Turner
Self - President
Vera Institute of Justice
Characters played by Daniel Wagner
Self - Investigative Reporter
Buzzfeed
Characters played by Joe Atkins
Self - Minnesota (DFL)
Characters played by Lee Atwater
Self - Campaign Strategist to Ronald Reagan
Characters played by Tom Brokaw
Self - Host
NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
Characters played by Kalief Browder
Self - Inmate Held Without Trial
2010 - 2013
Characters played by Carolyn Bryant
Self - Wife of Roy Bryant
Characters played by Roy Bryant
Self - Acquitted of Lynching Emmett Till
Characters played by George Bush
Self - 41st President of the United States
Characters played by George W. Bush
Self - 43rd President of the United States
Characters played by Jimmy Carter
Self - 39th President of the United States
Characters played by Philando Castile
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Bill Clinton
Self - 42nd President of the United States
Characters played by Hillary Clinton
Self - 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate
Characters played by Stephen Colbert
Self - Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Characters played by Walter Cronkite
Self - Host
CBS Evening News
Characters played by Richard Allen Davis
Self - Convicted Murderer
Characters played by Bob Dole
Self - Former U.S. Senator (R-KS)
Characters played by Sam DuBose
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Michael Dukakis
Self - 1988 Democratic Presidential Candidate
Characters played by John Ehrlichman
Self - Chief Domestic Advisor to Richard Nixon
Characters played by Gerald Ford
Self - 38th President of the United States
Characters played by Eric Garner
Self
Characters played by Steve Gottwalt
Self - Minnesota (R)
Characters played by Oscar Grant
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Freddie Gray
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Fred Hampton
Self - Chairman
Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
Characters played by Eric Courtney Harris
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Jason Harrison
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Thom Hartmann
Self - Progressive Political Commentator
Characters played by Marc Lamont Hill
Self - Huffington Post Live
Characters played by Willie Horton
Self - Convicted Murderer
Characters played by Peter Jennings
Self - Host
ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings
Characters played by Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - 36th President of the United States
Characters played by Sharanda Jones
Self - Received Mandatory Minimum Sentence of Life in Prison on First Offense
Characters played by Martin Luther King
Self - Civil Rights Leader
Characters played by Polly Hannah Klaas
Self - Murder Victim
Characters played by Ed Koch
Self - 105th Mayor of New York City
Characters played by Rachel Maddow
Self - Host
The Rachel Maddow Show
Characters played by Malcolm X
Self - Civil Rights Leader
Characters played by Trayvon Martin
Self
Characters played by Laquan McDonald
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Zebulon Miletsky
Self - Author
Before Busing: Boston's Long Freedom Movement in the 'Cradle of Liberty'
Characters played by Mamie Till Mobley
Self - Mother of Emmett Till
Characters played by Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States
Characters played by Barack Obama
Self - 44th President of the United States
Characters played by John Oliver
Self - Host
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Characters played by Rick Perry
Self - Governor of Texas 2000 - 2015 (R)
Characters played by Dan Rather
Self - Host
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
Characters played by Nancy Reagan
Self - Former First Lady
Characters played by Ronald Reagan
Self - 40th President of the United States
Characters played by Harry Reasoner
Self - Journalist
60 Minutes
Characters played by Diamond Reynolds
Self - Partner Murdered by Police
Characters played by Tamir E. Rice
Self - Murdered by Police
Characters played by Ronnie C. Rouse
Self - Film and Music Producer
Characters played by Bernie Sanders
Self - U.S. Senator (I-VT)
Characters played by Assata Shakur
Self - Member of Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army
Characters played by Emmett Till
Self - Victim of Lynching
Characters played by Donald Trump
Self - New York City Real Estate Businessman
Characters played by Jerry Watson
Self - Chief Legal Counsel
American Bail Coalition
Characters played by Paul Weyrich
Self - Co-Founder
ALEC
Characters played by Larry Wilmore
Self - Host
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Characters played by George Zimmerman
Self