| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Daphne McWilliams | Crew | Production | Line Producer |
 Ellen Kuras | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Sam Pollard | Crew | Editing | Editor, Producer |
 Sheila Nevins | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Spike Lee | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Writer |
 Terence Blanchard | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Michele Forman | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
 Addie Mae Collins | Cast | Actress | Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Albert Boutwell | Cast | Actor | Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage) |
Alpha Robertson | Cast | Self - Mother of Carole Robertson | |
 Arthur Hanes Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss |
Barbara Cross | Cast | Actress | Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross |
Barbara Nunn | Cast | Actress | Self - Denise's Childhood Friend |
Bill Baxley | Cast | Actor | Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama |
 Bill Cosby | Cast | Actor | Self - Educator |
Billie Harris | Cast | Actor | Self - Funeral Home Director |
Carole Rosamond Robertson | Cast | Actress | Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Carole C. Smitherman | Cast | Actress | Self - Denise's Childhood Friend |
Carolyn Lee Brown | Cast | Self - Carole's Childhood Friend | |
Carolyn M. McKinstry | Cast | Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend | |
 Chris McNair | Cast | Actor | Self - Father of Denise McNair |
 Coretta Scott King | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Cynthia Wesley | Cast | Actress | Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
David Brinkley | Cast | Actor | Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited) |
David J. Vann | Cast | Actor | Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham |
 Denise McNair | Cast | Actress | Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Diane Nash | Cast | Self - SCLC | |
 Dianne Braddock | Cast | Actress | Self - Carole's Sister |
Doris Lockhart | Cast | Actress | Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley |
Faye Davis | Cast | Self - Carole's Childhood Friend | |
Florence Terrell | Cast | Actress | Self - School Teacher |
 Fred Lee Shuttlesworth | Cast | Actor | Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights |
Freeman Hrabowski III | Cast | Actor | Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend |
 George Wallace | Cast | Actor | Self |
Gerald Colbert | Cast | Actor | Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor |
Gwendolyn White | Cast | Actress | Self - School Teacher |
Harold McNair | Cast | Self - Denise's Uncle | |
Helen Pegues | Cast | Self - Denise's Aunt | |
 Howell Raines | Cast | Actor | Self - New York Times Editor |
 James Bevel | Cast | Actor | Self - SCLC |
James Farmer | Cast | Actor | Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Janie Gaines | Cast | Self - Addie Mae's Sister | |
 Jesse Jackson | Cast | Actor | Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition |
John Cross | Cast | Actor | Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church |
 Junie Collins | Cast | Actress | Self - Addie Mae's Sister |
Lillie Brown | Cast | Actress | Self - SCLC |
 Mahalia Jackson | Cast | Actress | Self - During March on Washington (archive footage) |
 Martin Luther King Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 Maxine McNair | Cast | Actress | Self - Mother of Denise McNair |
Morris Marshall | Cast | Actor | Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member |
Nadean S. Williams | Cast | Self - Music Teacher | |
 Nicholas Katzenbach | Cast | Actor | Self - Former US Attorney General |
 Ossie Davis | Cast | Actor | Self - Actor and Playwright |
Queen Nunn | Cast | Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair | |
 Ralph Abernathy | Cast | Actor | Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 Reggie White | Cast | Actor | Self - Green Bay Packers |
Rhonda Nunn Thomas | Cast | Self - Denise's Childhood Friend | |
Ricky Powell | Cast | Actor | Self - Denise's Childhood Friend |
Shirley Wesley King | Cast | Actress | Self - Cynthia's Sister |
Spike Lee | Cast | Actor | Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) |
 Taylor Branch | Cast | Actor | Self - Author |
Tommy Wrenn | Cast | Actor | Self - SCLC |
 Walter Cronkite | Cast | Actor | Self - Special Correspondent CBS News |
 Wamo Reed Robertson | Cast | Actress | Self - Carole's Aunt |
Wyatt Tee Walker | Cast | Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC | |
 Andrew Young | Cast | Actor | Self - SCLC |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
