
"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in West Virginia. Based on true events.

as Atticus Hagen

as Mary Barnes Cabell

as Young Sam Cabell Barnes Junior

as Henry Quarrier (Defense Attorney)

as Baby Samuel Barnes

as James Edwin Campbell

as Eunice Cabell

as George Ruffner (Prosecuting Attorney)

as Governor Aretus Fleming

as Sam Cabell

as Allen Spradling

as Poker Dealer

as Miss Mary Rock

as Governor's Assistant

as Byrd Prillerman

as Young Eunice Cabell

as Judge James E. Brown

as Marina Cabell Hurt

as Dr. Arthur Bain

as Backgammon Player

as Sam Cabell Barnes Jr.

as Stark Whittington

as Lawrence Whittington

as William Whittington

as Christopher Payne

as Julia Stratton / Elizabeth Stratton

as Mark Spradling