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Original Name : Martin Luther King Jr.

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Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Coretta Scott King

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Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Rosa Parks

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Character Name : Self - Civil Rights Leader

Original Name : Dorothy Cotton

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Character Name : Self - Playwright

Original Name : Bonnie Greer

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Character Name : Self - Professor of Black Studies

Original Name : Dr. Cheryl Sterling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Professor - FBI Historian

Original Name : Richard Gid Powers

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Character Name : Self - Reporter

Original Name : Tim Weiner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Lyndon B. Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Dwight D. Eisenhower

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : James Earl Ray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : J. Edgar Hoover

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