Guest Stars Ethan Henry as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pauletta Washington as Rachel Franklin Steven Gregory Norfleet as Cecil Franklin Marque Richardson II as King Curtis Omar J. Dorsey as James Cleveland Anthony O. Dalton II as Nat Tonya Reneé Banks as Sammie Bryant Co Starring Sydney Hunter as Young Carolyn Aubriana Davis as Young Erma Tyler Richardson as Edward Drake Strickland as Young Cecil Braelyn Rankins as Clarence Jerren Jackson as Little Teddy Chris Charm as Tom Kendrick Cross as Herbert Taylor Polidore as Darlene Tonia Jackson as Gospel Woman Rob Mars as Cop Veanna Black as Female Fan Glenn Magee as Charley Woodsley David Alexander as Doctor Greg Clarkson as Revival Announcer Benim Foster as Alan Bachman Horace Glasper as Young Black Man