Sissy Spacek

Miriam Thompson

Whoopi Goldberg

Odessa Cotter

Dwight Schultz

Norman Thompson

Ving Rhames

Herbert Cotter

Dylan Baker

Tunker Thompson

Erika Alexander

Selma Cotter

Lexi Randall

Mary Catherine

Richard Habersham

Theodore Cotter

Jason Weaver

Franklin Cotter

Crystal Robbins

Sara Thompson

Cherene Snow

Claudia

Chelcie Ross

Martin

Dan Butler

Charlie

Philip Sterling

Winston

Schuyler Fisk

Judy (Girl at Oak Park)

Nancy Moore Atchison

Anne (Girl at Oak Park)

Haynes Brooke

Policeman at Oak Park

Jim Aycock

Roger

Rebecca Wackler

Lucille

Charles Hubbard

Mr. Cooper

Harriet Sumner

Mrs. Cooper

Gleaves Azar

Grandma Thompson

Jim Haffey

Bus Driver

Stacy Fleming

Tall Boy

Jefferson Taffet

Boy #2

Jay Reed

Boy #3

Afemo Omilami

Taxi Driver

Debbie Hackett

Betsy

Lynne Pickering

Laura Ann

Fairley McDonald

Jeff Sewell

Graham Timbes

Clyde Sellers

Norman Matlock

Preacher

Dorrell Dorsey

Woman in Church

Bobby Howard

Clipboard Man

Cynthia B. Wilson

Black Maid

Dan Jenkins

Auburn Fan #1

Katherine Conely

Mrs. Midgley

Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson

George Millo

Kevin Thigpen

Worker #1

Everett McCorvey

Church Speaker

T. Clifford Bibb

Choir Leader

A. Bernard Sneed

Organist

David E. McCorvey

Older Black Man

Carl Stephens

Newscaster

Perry Carter

Sammy Chancelor

Henry Marcus Jr.

Cliff

Troy La Don Pate

Party Guest

Michael Sansom

Angry Man (Eugene)

Dorothy Love Coates

Lead Singer at Car Lot

Christine Windham

Singer #1 at Car Lot

Gladys Bozwell

Singer at Car Lot

Betty Jean Washington

Singer at Car Lot

Minnie Stringer

Singer at Car Lot

Callie Graham

Singer at Car Lot

Lillian Luddington

Singer at Car Lot

Fidella Earls

Singer at Car Lot

Cynthia King

Singer at Car Lot

Mary Steenburgen

Narrator (voice)