Characters played by Carl Lumbly
Narrator
Characters played by Andrew Young
Self - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Characters played by Thelton E. Henderson
Self - U.S. District Court Judge
Characters played by Jackie Robinson
Self - Second Baseman
Los Angeles Dodgers
Characters played by Brad Pye Jr.
Self - High School friend
sportswriter
Characters played by Henry Ramsey Jr.
Self - Boalt Hall classmate
Characters played by John Doar
Self - Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
Characters played by James Meredith
Self - University of Mississippi student
Characters played by Taylor Branch
Self - Civil Rights Historian and Author
Characters played by Martin Luther King
Self - Civil Rights Leader
Characters played by George Wallace
Self - Governor of Alabama
Characters played by Myrlie Evers
Self - Wife of Medgar Evers
Characters played by Darrell Evers
Self - Son of Medgar Evers
Characters played by Eugene 'Bull' Connor
Self - Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety
Characters played by Richard Kuhns
Self - Former Stanford law student
Characters played by Barbara Babcock
Self - Stanford law professor
Characters played by Ladoris Cordell
Self - Vice Provost for Campus Relations
Stanford University
Characters played by Charles Ogletree
Self - Stanford University '75
Characters played by Jimmy Carter
Self - President of the United States
Characters played by Walter Mondale
Self - Vice President of the United States
Characters played by Tip O'Neill
Self - Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Characters played by Robert Gnaizda
Self - Judicial selection committee member
Characters played by Sandy Rosen
Self - Former Henderson law partner
Characters played by Russ Ellis
Self - Former Vice-Chancelor
UC Berkeley
Characters played by Marilyn Hall Patel
Self - U.S. District Court Judge
Characters played by Troy Duster
Self - Professor of Sociology
UC Berkeley
Characters played by Dennis Riordan
Self - Defense Attorney
Characters played by Anthony Kennedy
Self - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Characters played by David Phillips
Self - Executive Director
Earth Island Institute
Characters played by Josh Floum
Self - Attorney for Earth Island Institute
Characters played by Dennis Pfaff
Self - Legal Reporter
San Francisco Daily Journal
Characters played by Reynolds Holding
Self - Former Legal Reporter
S.F. Chronicle
Characters played by Pete Wilson
Self - Governor of California
Characters played by Ward Connerly
Self - Prop. 209 Supporter
Characters played by John Fund
Self - MSNBC Contributor
Characters played by Eva Paterson
Self - Executive Director
Equal Justice Society
Characters played by Martin Jenkins
Self - U.S. District Court Judge
Characters played by Tom DeLay
Self - Former U.S. Representative
Characters played by Steve Fama
Self - Prisoners' Attorney
Characters played by Peter Siggins
Self - Department of Corrections Attorney
Characters played by Ed Swanson
Self - Former Law Clerk
Characters played by Karen Kramer
Self - Law Clerk
Characters played by Melinda Haag
Self - Former prosecutor
prisoner abuse cases
Characters played by David Steuer
Self - Prisoners' Attorney
Characters played by Corey Weinstein
Self - California Prison Focus
Characters played by Velina Brown
Wanzie Henderson re-enactment
Characters played by Steven Anthony Jones
Voice of Judge Henderson's Opinions