Guest Stars Sean Bridgers as Sidney Carlton Daniel Abeles as Chet Packton Chris Butler as Rayfield Mooty Gary Basaraba as Sheriff Clarence Strider Miles Fowler as Simeon Booker Tony Vaughn as John Carthan Gil Bellows as Gerald Chatham Dan Byrd as Dan Wakefield Timothy Hutton as Jesse J. Breland Alex Désert as Dr. Howard Tongayi Chirisa as Medgar Evers Leslie Silva as Ruby Hurley Vivian Fleming-Alvarez as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Wright Kevin Cutts as Sheriff Smith Norm Lewis as Roy Wilkins Glenn Morshower as Editor Josh Daugherty as William Bradley Huie Co Starring Chip Lane as Judge Curtis Swango Ted Welch as Harvey Henderson Jason Turner as James Hicks Jamir Vega as Simeon Wright Jason Gaines as Johnny Whitten Jason Horgan as J.W. Kellum Amanda Jaros as Juanita Milam Charlotte Haynes Hazzard as Mandy Bradley Brandon Carroll as Jury Foreman Steven Todd Barnett as Robert Smith Danny Vinson as Hold Out Juror Luke Hardeman as Maurice Wright Myron Parker Wright as Willie Reed Hank Quillen as Bailiff Carl Palmer as Juror #1 Linds Edwards as Leslie Milam Cory Scott Allen as Hubert Clark Gary Newton as Well Dressed Man Daniel James Baldock as Melvin Campbell Casey Fuller as Deputy #1 Khai Alexander Hart as Robert Wright Brad Napp as Deputy #2 Billy Slaughter as Daily News Reporter #2 Chris Mayers as Daily News Reporter #1 Jordan Scott as Henry Lee Loggins Devery S. Anderson as Juror #2 Artrial Clark as Otha Johnson Jr. Robert Dill as TV Reporter Freedom Bridgewater as Paul Vernon Mike Stanley as County Sheriff Clerk Gloria Bankston as Older Mamie Naivell Steib as Joe W. Hubbard Christopher J. Collins as Clerk Robert Charles McAdams as White Supporter Kelly McNabb as Judge Thomas P. Brady Raina Houston as Rita Geoffrey Davin as Court Clerk