Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jeffrey Wright | ... | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
Terrence Howard | ... | Ralph Abernathy | |
CCH Pounder | ... | Jo Ann Robinson | |
Carmen Ejogo | ... | Coretta Scott King | |
Reg E. Cathey | ... | E.D. Nixon | |
Brent Jennings | ... | Rufus Lewis | |
Iris Little Thomas | ... | Rosa Parks (as Iris Little-Thomas) | |
Shawn Michael Howard | ... | Fred Gray | |
Erik Dellums | ... | Bayard Rustin (as Erik Todd Dellums) | |
Mike Hodge | ... | Daddy King | |
Whitman Mayo | ... | Reverend Banyon | |
Walter Franks | ... | Reverend Fields | |
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Mert Hatfield | ... | Mayor Gayle |
Tom Nowicki | ... | Commissioner Sellars | |
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Danny Nelson | ... | Commissioner Parks |
Black Americans boycott the public buses during the 1950s civil rights movement.
I am white, but Dr. Martin Luther King is near the top of my list in people I respect, and have learned from. I was eight years old when he was assasinated, and I still remember it. I have been delighted with these movies that have come along lately that explain what went on in the ten years or so before I was born, until I wass old enough to remember and respect these things first hand. "Get on the Bus", "4 Little Girls", "Miss Evers Girls" all fill in parts of the struggle for civil rights in this country. Everybody, black, white, whatever, should know what this country went through in the 50's and '60's. I am very aware that there are still 2 Americas and I'd like to see it become one in my lifetime.