Boycott

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.

History Drama TV Movie

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)

Mert Hatfield

(Mayor Gayle)

Tom Nowicki

(Commissioner Sellars)

Danny Nelson

(Commissioner Parks)

E. Roger Mitchell

(Bob Phillips)

Heather Salmon

(Mrs. Dunlap)

Clark Johnson

(Emory Jackson)

Jack Martin

(Clifford Durr)

Crystal Garrett

(Juanita Abernathy)

Thomas Jefferson Byrd

(Raymond Parks)

James Bigwood

(Bus Driver)

L. Warren Young

(Hotel Clerk)

Freda Scott Giles

(Woman #1)

Schveka Cooper-Brown

(Woman #2)

Ralph David Abernathy

(Young Boy)

Dan Biggers

(Judge)

Frank Hoyt Taylor

(Jack Crenshaw)

Toiya Tillman

(Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather))

Cassi Davis

(Cook)

Willy Andralliski

(Pharmacy Owner)

A.J. Jerrick

(Dr. Johnson)

Sandra Ellis Lafferty

(White Committee Woman)

Ron Leggett

(Juke Joint Patron)

Ray Stoney

(Juke Joint Patron)

Lee Roy Giles

(Holiness Minister)

Elizabeth Omilami

(MLK Passenger)

Deborah Duke

(MLK Passenger)

Ginnie Randall

(MLK Passenger)

Robert C. Treveiler

(Jail Clerk)

Steve Coulter

(Sergeant)

Erik M. Underwood

(Church Member (uncredited))

Von Coulter

(MLK Guard)

Omar J. Dorsey

(MLK Guard)

Angela Elayne Gibbs

(Congregant #1)

Geoffrey Williams

(Congregant #2)

Willie Tennyson

(Cabbie)

Gerald Brown

(Wino)

James Mayberry

(Police Officer)

Richie Dye

(Policeman)

Whitt Brantley

(Policeman)

David Dwyer

(Policeman)

Jeff Braun

(Policeman)

Dolan Wilson

(Policeman)

Lavon Lacey

(Luther Ingalls)

Janell McLeod

(White Lady)

Heath Gunn

(Angry Neighbor)

Sherri L. Walker

(Angry Neighbor)

Molly Johnson

(Mocha Beauty)

Jeffrey Pratt Gordon

(Redneck)

Darwin T. Hobbs

(Juke Joint Singer)

Kenric Richardson

(MLK Supporter)

Edith Ivey

(Woman Getting Ticket)

Sylvester Jenkins

(Loading Dock Man #1)

Bill Erwin

(Loading Dock Man #2)

Shannon Welles

(Porch Lady)

Marion Guyot

(Virginia Durr)