
Overview
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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DirectorClark Johnson
Cast

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

Shawn Michael Howard
Fred Gray

Aaron Neville
Angry Neighbor

Erik Dellums
Bayard Rustin

Mike Hodge
Daddy King

Whitman Mayo
Reverend Banyon

Walter Franks
Reverend Fields
Mert Hatfield
Mayor Gayle

Tom Nowicki
Commissioner Sellars

Danny Nelson
Commissioner Parks

E. Roger Mitchell
Bob Phillips
Heather Salmon
Mrs. Dunlap

Clark Johnson
Emory Jackson
Jack Martin
Clifford Durr
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Keywords
based on novel or bookcivil rightsprotestracial segregationmartin luther kingracistracismracial tensionracial prejudicesocial activismrace relationsracial discriminationcivil rights movement
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026











