
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

as Coretta Scott King

as President Lyndon B. Johnson

as Lee White

as Gov. George Wallace

as Andrew Young

as Ralph Abernathy

as James Bevel

as John Lewis

as James Orange

as Jimmie Lee Jackson

as Annie Lee Cooper

as Diane Nash

as Fred Gray

as Bayard Rustin

as Sullivan Jackson

as Amelia Boynton

as John Doar

as Chief Wilson Baker

as Frederick Reese

as J. Edgar Hoover

as Mahalia Jackson

as Richie Jean Jackson

as Rev. C.T. Vivian

as Rev. Hosea Williams

as Viola Lee Jackson

as Malcolm X

as James Forman

as Sheriff Jim Clark

as James Reeb

as Viola Liuzzo

as Col. Al Lingo

as Aide

as President's Secretary

as Elder Marcher

as White Marcher

as Cager Lee

as Young Marcher

as Gunnar Jahn

as Major Cloud

as Roy Reed

as Jackson's Daughter

as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)