Cicely Tyson

Mama Flora

Erika Alexander

Young Flora

Blair Underwood

Willie

Queen Latifah

Diana

Mario Van Peebles

Luke

Hill Harper

Don

Shemar Moore

Lincoln Fleming

Lou Myers

Albie

Tanya Wright

Ernestine

Sicily Johnson

Diana (Teenager)

Novella Nelson

Pearl (1955-1970)

Elijah Kelley

Young Willie

Tommy Hollis

Reverend Jackson

David Ramsey

Booker Palmer (Adult)

Donna Biscoe

Jessica

Rhoda Griffis

Mrs. Hopkins (Younger Woman)

Edith Ivey

Mrs. Hopkins (Older Woman)

Shashawnee Hall

Ab

Terrence Howard

Lincoln

E. Roger Mitchell

Charlie (1912)

Ronald McCall

Johnny Metzer

Gregory Alan Williams

Charlie (1941)

DJ Qualls

Jason

Faye Yvette McQueen

Dancer

Earl Maddox

Racist

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Public Defender

Jill Jane Clements

Waitress

Angela Elayne Gibbs

Woman with Baby

Libby Whittemore

Nurse

Don Henderson Baker

Clerk (1955)

Tony Vaughn

Man (1941)

Jody Thompson

Another Boy

Alex Van

Ralph

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Mr. Anderson

Wynton Yates

Don

Patty Mack

Pearl

Michelle Benjamin Cooper

Pearl

Wesley Yates

Booker Palmer (Age 8)

Preston Wigasi Brant

Booker Palmer

Mike Masters

Ben

Angelina Spicer

Ruthana (Teenager)

Carol Mitchell-Leon

Flora's Mama

Tom Even

Judge Bennett

Mitchell Laurance

State's Attorney

Tonea Stewart

Bessie

Tina King

House Maid

Jevon Dewand

Slave

Carrie Collins

Bar Patron

Joe Cobb Jr.

Dock Worker #2

Scott Oliver

Judge Hogan

James Mayberry

Blood Donor #1

Mert Hatfield

Sheriff

Erik Kilpatrick

Reggie

Jordan Williams

Kevin Hopkins (Older Man)

Jonathan Parks Jordan

Gavin Hopkins

Crystal R. Fox

Ruthana

Jermaine Jackson

Dancer