| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Clu Gulager | William Sullivan | 3 |
| Paul Winfield | Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | 3 |
| Cicely Tyson | Coretta Scott King | 3 |
| Roscoe Lee Browne | Philip Harrison | 3 |
| Steven Hill | Stanley Levison | 3 |
| Howard Rollins | Andrew Young | 3 |
| Kenneth McMillan | Bull Connor | 3 |
| Lonny Chapman | Chief Frank Holloman | 3 |
| Lincoln Kilpatrick | Waring | 3 |
| Charles Robinson | Det. Ed Redditt | 3 |
| Art Evans | A.D. King | 3 |
| Dolph Sweet | J. Edgar Hoover | 3 |
| Cliff DeYoung | Robert F. Kennedy | 3 |
| David Spielberg | Beamer | 3 |
| William Jordan | John F. Kennedy | 3 |
| Dick Anthony Williams | Malcolm X | 3 |
| Ossie Davis | Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. | 3 |
| Al Freeman Jr. | Damon Lockwood | 3 |
| Roger Robinson | Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth | 3 |
| Terry Alexander | Bernard Lee | 3 |
| Frances Foster | Alberta King | 3 |
| Ernie Lee Banks | Ralph Abernathy | 3 |
| Yolanda King | Rosa Parks | 3 |
| Tony Bennett | Tony Bennett | 3 |