A Long March to Freedom - Cast

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77 cast members

Name	Known for
Bob Abernethy Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (1997)
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
James Baldwin Self - Author (archive footage) Self - Author (archive footage) See fewer	I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Ross Barnett Self - Mississippi Governor (archive footage) Self - Mississippi Governor (archive footage) See fewer
James Bevel Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) See fewer	4 Little Girls (1997)
Edward Blankenheim Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage) Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage) See fewer
Taylor Branch Self Self See fewer	King In The Wilderness (2018)
Marlon Brando Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) See fewer	Apocalypse Now (1979)
Douglas Brinkley Self Self See fewer	The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Ned Brooks Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Meet the Press (1947)
H. Rap Brown Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Robert A. Caro Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	The Power Broker
Clayborne Carson Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
Dan T. Carter Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000)
Charles Collingwood Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage) See fewer	The Sharkfighters (1956)
Eugene 'Bull' Connor Self - Commissioner of Public Safety (archive footage) Self - Commissioner of Public Safety (archive footage) See fewer	The American Revolution of '63 (1963)
Benjamin Cox Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage) Self - Freedom Rider (archive footage) See fewer
Walter Cronkite Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Robert Dallek Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Scarlett (1994)
Joshua Darsa Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage) See fewer
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Bob Evans Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage) See fewer	ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961)
Medgar Evers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Barney Frank Self (as Rep. Barney Frank) Self (as Rep. Barney Frank) See fewer	Graves (I) (2016)
David Garrow Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2000)
Henry Graham Self - General / Alabama Nat'l Guard (archive footage) Self - General / Alabama Nat'l Guard (archive footage) See fewer	A President to Remember (2008)
Jeff Greenfield Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	CNN & Time (1997)
James Hood Self - Univ of Alabama Applicant (archive footage) Self - Univ of Alabama Applicant (archive footage) See fewer	Black Mirror (2011)
Hubert H. Humphrey Self - Senator (archive footage) Self - Senator (archive footage) See fewer	The Candidate (1972)
Chet Huntley Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	I Cheated the Law (1949)
Mahalia Jackson Self - Gospel Singer (archive footage) Self - Gospel Singer (archive footage) See fewer	Mississippi Burning (1988)
Tom Jarriel Self - ABC News (archive footage) Self - ABC News (archive footage) See fewer	20/20 (1978)
Jacob Javits Self (as Sen. Jacob Javits) (archive footage) Self (as Sen. Jacob Javits) (archive footage) See fewer	Meet Your Congress (1949)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (as President Lyndon B. Johnson) (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (as President Lyndon B. Johnson) (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) See fewer	Spartamerika
Clarence B. Jones Self - Attorney (as Clarence Jones) Self - Attorney (as Clarence Jones) See fewer	Attica (1974)
Nicholas Katzenbach Self - Dep. US Atty. General (archive footage) Self - Dep. US Atty. General (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
John F. Kennedy Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage) Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Robert F. Kennedy Self - US Atty. General (archive footage) Self - US Atty. General (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
James J. Kilpatrick Self - News Editor (archive footage) Self - News Editor (archive footage) See fewer	Agronsky & Co. (1976)
Coretta Scott King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nationtime (1972)
Martin Luther King Self (as Reverend Martin Luther King) (archive footage) Self (as Reverend Martin Luther King) (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Mark Kurlansky Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
James Lawson Self - Civil Rights Activist (as James M. Lawson Jr.) Self - Civil Rights Activist (as James M. Lawson Jr.) See fewer	CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
John Lewis Self (as Rep. John Lewis) Self (as Rep. John Lewis) See fewer	John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Vivian Malone Self - Univ. of Alabama Applicant (archive footage) Self - Univ. of Alabama Applicant (archive footage) See fewer	Our World (1986)
Thurgood Marshall Self - US Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) Self - US Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) See fewer	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)
Frank McGee Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Power for People (1968)
Diane McWhorter Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Freedom Riders (2010)
James Meredith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	One More River (1963)
Ray Moore Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Festival of Entertainment (1971)
Bob Moses Self - Civil Rights Activist Self - Civil Rights Activist See fewer	Freedom on My Mind (1994)
Tim Naftali Self - Director, NYU Taminent Library (as Timothy Naftali) Self - Director, NYU Taminent Library (as Timothy Naftali) See fewer	Designated Survivor (2016)
Diane Nash Self - Civil Rights Activist Self - Civil Rights Activist See fewer	Our World (1986)
Edwin Newman Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	The Pelican Brief (1993)
Eleanor Holmes Norton Self (as Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton) Self (as Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton) See fewer	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)
John Patterson Self - Alabama Governor (archive footage) Self - Alabama Governor (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Riders (2010)
Dan Rather Self - CBS News Self - CBS News See fewer	CBS Evening News (1963)
Richard Reeves Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Seabiscuit (2003)
Gene Roberts Self - NY Times Journalist Self - NY Times Journalist See fewer	The Newspaperman
Vermont C. Royster Self - Wall St. Journal Writer (archive footage) Self - Wall St. Journal Writer (archive footage) See fewer
Richard B. Russell Self (as Sen. Richard Russell) (archive footage) (as Richard Russell) Self (as Sen. Richard Russell) (archive footage) (as Richard Russell) See fewer	CBS Reports (1959)
Bayard Rustin Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) See fewer	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
Bill Ryan Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Chet Huntley Reporting (1957)
Robert Schakne Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage) See fewer	Eyewitness to History (1959)
Robert Schenkkan Self Self See fewer	Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Howard K. Smith Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage) See fewer	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Merriman Smith Self - UPI (archive footage) Self - UPI (archive footage) See fewer	Howard K. Smith (1962)
Lawrence E. Spivak Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Meet the Press with Kristen Welker (2023)
Allen C. Thompson Self - Jackson, MS Mayor (archive footage) Self - Jackson, MS Mayor (archive footage) See fewer
Strom Thurmond Self (as Sen. Strom Thurmond) (archive footage) Self (as Sen. Strom Thurmond) (archive footage) See fewer	Bicentennial Minutes (1974)
Richard Valeriani Self - NBC News (archive footage) Self - NBC News (archive footage) See fewer	Crimson Tide (1995)
C.T. Vivian Self (as Reverend C.T. Vivian) Self (as Reverend C.T. Vivian) See fewer	Being Mary Jane (2013)
George Wallace Self - Governor (archive footage) Self - Governor (archive footage) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Mike Wallace Self - CBS News (archive footage) Self - CBS News (archive footage) See fewer	60 Minutes (1968)
Earl Warren Self - US Chief Justice (archive footage) Self - US Chief Justice (archive footage) See fewer	Stars in the Eye (1952)
Harris Wofford Self - Sp. Asst. to Pres. Kennedy Self - Sp. Asst. to Pres. Kennedy See fewer	Freedom Riders (2010)