Guest Stars Sasha Compère as Juanita Abernathy Lennie James as Martin Luther King Sr. Donal Logue as Strom Thurmond Griffin Matthews as Bayard Rustin Elle Lorraine as Sister Grace Millie Capellan as Jo Ann Robinson Xavier Mills as Hinton Co Starring Jay DeVon Johnson as E.D. Nixon William Gregory Lee as NYPD Commish Walter Arm Lee Spencer as Senator John Sparkman Charles Ambrose as Luther Ingalls David Dwyer as Mayor Tacky Gayle Derono Monte Muhammad as Wendall Jerry O'Donnell as Inspector Robert Magnum Danny Vinson as Chief Sellers Moses Jones as Fred Gray