Shirley Jo Finney

Wilma Rudolph

Cicely Tyson

Blanche Rudolph

Jason Bernard

Coach Temple

Denzel Washington

Robert Eldridge, age 18

Joe Seneca

Ed Rudolph

Norman Matlock

Dr. Gordon

L. Warren Young

Post Office Assistant

Larry B. Scott

Robert Eldridge, age 12

Pauletta Washington

Mae Faggs (as Paulette Pearson)

Andrea Frierson

Martha Hudson