Danny Glover (as Will Walker), Vicellous Reon Shannon (as Owen Walker), Vondie Curtis-Hall (as Daniel Wall), Loretta Devine (as Evelyn Walker), Glynn Turman (as T-Bone Lanier), Stan Shaw (as Archie Mullen), Michael Jai White (as Coleman Vaughnes), John Beasley (as Jonah Summer), Jason Weaver (as Isaac Hawkins), Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly (as Dora Charles (as Rae'ven Larrymore Kelly)), Marcello Thedford (as Tyrone Franklin), David Strathairn (as Peter Crowley), Don Henderson Baker (as Buddy Stone), Donna Biscoe (as Mrs. Summer), Peter Bonner Briggs (as Bus Station Arresting Officer), Patti Briscoe (as Miz Golson), Randal Brown (as Registrar of Voters), Al Butler (as U.S. Marshal), Jerry Campbell (as Angry Farmer), Joe Cobb Jr. (as Racist Cop), Jeff Coopwood (as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (voice)), Erika N. Dennis (as Arrested Student), David J. Dennis Jr. (as Arrested Student), Shay Dobson-Webb (as Owen Walker (Newborn)), Deborah Duke (as Colored Waiting Room Waitress (as Deborah Calloway-Duke)), David Dwyer (as Desk Sergeant), Lowell Faison (as Man at Gas Station), William Flaman (as Officer Roe), Margaret Freeman (as Ms Sugar), Omar Gooding (as Charlie), Bob Graham (as Man at Shack), Martha Nix Granger (as Curch Song Leader), Jesse Hamilton (as Man at Revival Meeting), Brandi Hancock (as Alice), Nita Hardy (as Bus Station Waitress), Tyrone Hicks (as Luther), Scott Brian Higgs (as Woolworth's Manager), Jesse Janowsky (as Bus Station Teenager), Rasool J'Han (as Vida), Pearl Jones (as Femalle Registrant), Felix Justice (as Deacon Turner), Edmund Kearney (as Library Official), Emily Young Keely (as Woolworth's Waitress), Herb Kelsey (as Malle Registrant), Eddie Lambeth (as County Jailer), Denis Larouche, Jason Loftus (as Man in Jail Window), Janell McLeod (as Mrs. Bell), Eva Shoshona Moses-McDew (as Arrested Student), Saad Muhammad (as Arrested Student), Danny Nelson (as Angry Minister), Maxwell Paige (as Farmer at NAACP Mtg.), Jeff Pinney (as White Spectator), Ginnie Randall (as Blind Woman), Sam Robison (as Jail Cop), David Schifter (as Chip), Sonny Shroyer (as Police Chief), Stephen Snedden (as Michael Joad), Christopher Stokes (as Owen Walker (6 Yrs. Old)), Kirk Taylor (as Roland), Chip Thomas (as Angry Citizen), Judge Bradford Tillery (as Judge), Tom Turbiville (as Deputy in Car), Lou Walker (as High School Principal), Damien Wayans (as Bo Drew), Jeremy Gram Weaver (as Freedom rider), Gregory Alan Williams (as Pullman Porter (as Greg Alan Williams)), Cliff Willman (as 2nd Klansman)

SINOPSIS:
Leer un libro en la biblioteca. Pedir un sándwich en un bar. Inscribirse en el padrón electoral. Son actos comunes de cualquier ciudadano. En 1961, en Quinlan, Mississippi, se consideraban actos revolucionarios.