Alec Baldwin

Bobby DeLaughter

Whoopi Goldberg

Myrlie Evers

James Woods

Byron De La Beckwith

Craig T. Nelson

Ed Peters

Susanna Thompson

Peggy Lloyd

Lucas Black

Burt DeLaughter

Joseph Tello

Drew DeLaughter

Alexa PenaVega

Claire DeLaughter

William H. Macy

Charlie Crisco

Darrell Evers

Darrell Evers

Yolanda King

Reena Evers

James Van Evers

Van Evers

Jerry Levine

Jerry Mitchell

Sky Rumph

Jared Lloyd

Margo Martindale

Clara Mayfield

Zoaunne LeRoy

Thelma De La Beckwith

Michael O'Keefe

Merrida Coxwell

Bill Smitrovich

Jim Kitchens

Terry O'Quinn

Judge Hilburn

Rex Linn

Martin Scott

Bill Henderson

Minister

James Pickens Jr.

Medgar Evers

Virginia Madsen

Dixie DeLaughter

Richard Riehle

Tommy Mayfield

Jim Harley

Delamar Dennis

Bonnie Bartlett

Billie DeLaughter

Brock Peters

Walter Williams

Wayne Rogers

Morris Dees

Finn Carter

Cynthia Speetgens

Diane Ladd

Grandma Caroline Moore

Andy Romano

Hardy Lott

Richard Stahl

Judge Hendrick

David Carpenter

Bill Walter

Bill Cobbs

Charlie Evers

Jordan Lund

Deputy

Jerry Hardin

Grandpa Barney DeLaughter

Ramon Bieri

James Holley

Diana Bellamy

Barbara Holder

Rance Howard

Ralph Hargrove

Thomas Kopache

Thorn McIntyre

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Dan Prince

Sarah Hunley

Peggy Morgan

Greg Bronson

Court Bailiff (uncredited)