Boycott (2001)

The Story of Martin Luther King and One Act of Defiance That Changed a Nation

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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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

M

Mert Hatfield

Mayor Gayle

Tom Nowicki

Commissioner Sellars

Danny Nelson

Commissioner Parks

E. Roger Mitchell

Bob Phillips

H

Heather Salmon

Mrs. Dunlap

Clark Johnson

Emory Jackson

J

Jack Martin

Clifford Durr

C

Crystal Garrett

Juanita Abernathy

Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Raymond Parks

James Bigwood

Bus Driver

L. Warren Young

Hotel Clerk

F

Freda Scott Giles

Woman #1

S

Schveka Cooper-Brown

Woman #2

R

Ralph David Abernathy

Young Boy

Dan Biggers

Judge

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Jack Crenshaw

T

Toiya Tillman

Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather)

Cassi Davis

Cook

W

Willy Andralliski

Pharmacy Owner

A

A.J. Jerrick

Dr. Johnson

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

White Committee Woman

R

Ron Leggett

Juke Joint Patron

Ray Stoney

Juke Joint Patron

L

Lee Roy Giles

Holiness Minister

Elizabeth Omilami

MLK Passenger

D

Deborah Duke

MLK Passenger

G

Ginnie Randall

MLK Passenger

Robert C. Treveiler

Jail Clerk

Steve Coulter

Sergeant

E

Erik M. Underwood

Church Member (uncredited)

Von Coulter

MLK Guard

Omar J. Dorsey

MLK Guard

Angela Elayne Gibbs

Congregant #1

G

Geoffrey Williams

Congregant #2

W

Willie Tennyson

Cabbie

G

Gerald Brown

Wino

J

James Mayberry

Police Officer

R

Richie Dye

Policeman

W

Whitt Brantley

Policeman

David Dwyer

Policeman

J

Jeff Braun

Policeman

D

Dolan Wilson

Policeman

L

Lavon Lacey

Luther Ingalls

J

Janell McLeod

White Lady

H

Heath Gunn

Angry Neighbor

S

Sherri L. Walker

Angry Neighbor

M

Molly Johnson

Mocha Beauty

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