Maxine McNair

Self - Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair

Self - Father of Denise McNair

Helen Pegues

Self - Denise's Aunt

Queen Nunn

Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr.

Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines

Self - New York Times Editor

Harold McNair

Self - Denise's Uncle

Carole C. Smitherman

Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Wamo Reed Robertson

Self - Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock

Self - Carole's Sister

Carolyn Lee Brown

Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Alpha Robertson

Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

Wyatt Tee Walker

Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

Florence Terrell

Self - School Teacher

Gwendolyn White

Self - School Teacher

Doris Lockhart

Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Gerald Colbert

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Freeman Hrabowski III

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Shirley Wesley King

Self - Cynthia's Sister

Carolyn M. McKinstry

Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

David J. Vann

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

Bill Baxley

Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

Albert Boutwell

Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)