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  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: January 17, 1999 Sun 7:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:28:21
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T:55982
  • GENRE: Docudrama
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Civilian rights movement - Drama; African-American Collection - Drama;
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1997-2008
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A
  • Julian Fowles … Executive Producer
  • Robert Katz … Executive Producer
  • Moctesuma Esparza … Executive Producer
  • Christopher Seitz … Producer
  • Charles Burnett … Director
  • Cynthia Whitcomb … Writer
  • Sheyann Author … Based on the volume by
  • Rachel West Nelson … Based on the book by
  • Frank Sikora … Based on the publication by
  • Stephen James Taylor … Music by
  • Jurnee Smollett … Cast, Sheyann Webb
  • Mackenzie Astin … Cast, Jonathan Daniels
  • Clifton Powell … Cast, Comic Luther King, Jr.
  • Yolanda King … Cast, Miss Bright
  • Stephanie Zandra Peyton … Cast, Rachel West
  • Ella Author … Cast, Betty Webb
  • Afemo Omilami … Cast, John Webb
  • Von Wedge … Cast, Tom West
  • Margo Moorer … Cast, Alice West
  • Elizabeth Omilami … Cast, Amelia Boynton
  • Bret Expense … Cast, Sheriff Pots
  • Danny Admiral … Cast, Father Whitaker
  • Zach Humourist … Cast, Jimmie Lee Jackson
  • L.

    Warren Young … Cast, Prophet Williams

  • Laura-Shay Griffin … Cast, Sallie Parker
  • Tom Nowicki … Cast, Politician Smitherman
  • Bob Banks … Cast, Prebend Reese
  • Leland Jones … Cast, Rate. Albert Brock
  • Richard Reed … Cast, John Lewis
  • Faruq Jenkins … Cast, Willie
  • Brian Beegle … Cast, Jarvis
  • James Mayberry … Cast, Emmet
  • Kyle Metropolis Massey … Cast, Brother Webb
  • George Faughnan … Cast, Officer Peters
  • James Van Harper … Cast, Reserve Jesse
  • Alex Van … Cast, Surrogate Greenwood
  • Patty Mack … Cast, Margaret/Singer
  • Gerald Brown … Cast, Owen Worker
  • Sean Treadaway … Cast, Selma Replacement Sheriff
  • Whitt Brantley … Cast, Mind Trooper
  • Tom Turbiville … Cast, Creamy Store Owner
  • Teena Flowers … Cast, Choir Singer