Guest Stars Sasha Compere as Juanita Abernathy Quentin Plair as Grant X Donal Logue as Strom Thurmond Griffin Matthews as Bayard Rustin Mallori Johnson as Evelyn Johnson Adam Cropper as President John F Kennedy Karina Willis as Dorothy Cotton Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson as John Lewis Wilbur Fitzgerald as Senator Byrd Al Mitchell as Roy Wilkins Afemo Omilami as Philip Randolph Co Starring Carter Ace as MLK III Zuri James as Ronald Stokes Jaxon James as 5-Year Old MLK III Emelia Kahira as Yoki King Chione Narcisse-Williams as 6-Year Old Yoki Ernestine Johnson as Annie Derick Scott Kown as Reporter #2 Joe Ditmyer as NY Times Reporter Matthew Montemero as Reporter #4 Matthew Swift as Reporter #1 Royal Skye Bihlear as Essie's Child A'Todd Williams as Essie Mae's Husband Amethyst Davis as Essie Mae Phil Biedron as Reporter #3 Taron Germany as Assistant Minister Jared Simon as FBI Agent
