Alec Baldwin

Bobby DeLaughter

Whoopi Goldberg

Myrlie Evers

James Woods

Byron De La Beckwith

Craig T. Nelson

Ed Peters

Susanna Thompson

Peggy Lloyd

Lucas Black

Burt DeLaughter

Joseph Tello

Drew DeLaughter

Alexa PenaVega

Claire DeLaughter

William H. Macy

Charlie Crisco

Lloyd 'Benny' Bennett

Benny Bennett

Darrell Evers

Darrell Evers

Yolanda King

Reena Evers

James Van Evers

Van Evers

Jerry Levine

Jerry Mitchell

Sky Rumph

Jared Lloyd

Margo Martindale

Clara Mayfield

Zoaunne LeRoy

Thelma De La Beckwith

Michael O'Keefe

Merrida Coxwell

Bill Smitrovich

Jim Kitchens

Terry O'Quinn

Judge Hilburn

Rex Linn

Martin Scott

Bill Henderson

Minister

James Pickens Jr.

Medgar Evers

Virginia Madsen

Dixie DeLaughter

G. Ja'ron Henderson

Darrell (Age 11)

Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly

Reena (Age 10)

Curtis Tyler Haynes

Van (Age 3)

Richard Riehle

Tommy Mayfield

Jim Harley

Delamar Dennis

Bonnie Bartlett

Billie DeLaughter

Brock Peters

Walter Williams

Wayne Rogers

Morris Dees

Finn Carter

Cynthia Speetgens

William Howard

Fred Sanders

Diane Ladd

Grandma Caroline Moore

Andy Romano

Hardy Lott

Richard Stahl

Judge Hendrick

David Carpenter

Bill Walter

Bill Cobbs

Charlie Evers

Jordan Lund

Deputy

Jerry Hardin

Grandpa Barney DeLaughter

Ramon Bieri

James Holley

C.R. Doan

Bob Patterson

Katherine Randolph

Young Barbara Holder

L.D. Bass Sr.

Black Man

Monty Thomas

Security Guard

Eliott Keener

Sheriff McMillan

Brandon McKennah

Roy Wilkins

William L. Donald

Waiter at Country Club

Jim Stallings

Hollis Cresswell

Michael Strasser

Bomb Squad Man

Diana Bellamy

Barbara Holder

Rance Howard

Ralph Hargrove

Thomas Kopache

Thorn McIntyre

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Dan Prince

Sarah Hunley

Peggy Morgan

Marilyn Lovell

Bridge Lady

Jill Andre

Bridge Lady

Leigh French

Bridge Lady

James Marshall Wolchok

Press Reporter

John A. Horhn

CNN Reporter

Spencer Garrett

Reporter

Fenton Lawless

Reporter

David Armstrong

Reporter

Michael Hewes

Reporter

James Homer Best

Reporter

Thom Barry

Bennie Thompson

Louis E. Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Ed Bryson

Self

Maggie Wade

Self

Jane Jenkins

Assistant D.A.

Keenan K. Evers

Daniel Evers-Everette

Nicole Evers-Everette

Cambi Evers-Everette

Dijon S. Williams

Keenan Evers

Tracey Costello

Assistant D.A.

Greg Bronson

Court Bailiff (uncredited)