The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 2001
Boycott
Directed by
Clark Johnson
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The story
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cast
Jeffrey WrightDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Terrence HowardRalph Abernathy
CCH PounderJo Ann Robinson
Carmen EjogoCoretta Scott King
Reg E. CatheyE.D. Nixon
Brent JenningsRufus Lewis
Iris Little ThomasRosa Parks
Shawn Michael HowardFred Gray
Aaron NevilleAngry Neighbor
Erik DellumsBayard Rustin
Mike HodgeDaddy King
Whitman MayoReverend Banyon
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Walter FranksReverend Fields
Mert HatfieldMayor Gayle
Tom NowickiCommissioner Sellars
Danny NelsonCommissioner Parks
E. Roger MitchellBob Phillips
Heather SalmonMrs. Dunlap
Clark JohnsonEmory Jackson
Jack MartinClifford Durr
Crystal GarrettJuanita Abernathy
Thomas Jefferson ByrdRaymond Parks
James BigwoodBus Driver
L. Warren YoungHotel Clerk
Freda Scott GilesWoman #1
Schveka Cooper-BrownWoman #2
Ralph David AbernathyYoung Boy
Dan BiggersJudge
Frank Hoyt TaylorJack Crenshaw
Toiya TillmanClaudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather)
Cassi DavisCook
Willy AndralliskiPharmacy Owner
A.J. JerrickDr. Johnson
Sandra Ellis LaffertyWhite Committee Woman
Ron LeggettJuke Joint Patron
Ray StoneyJuke Joint Patron
Lee Roy GilesHoliness Minister
Elizabeth OmilamiMLK Passenger
Deborah DukeMLK Passenger
Ginnie RandallMLK Passenger
Robert C. TreveilerJail Clerk
Steve CoulterSergeant
Erik M. UnderwoodChurch Member (uncredited)
Von CoulterMLK Guard
Omar J. DorseyMLK Guard
Angela Elayne GibbsCongregant #1
Geoffrey WilliamsCongregant #2
Willie TennysonCabbie
Gerald BrownWino
James MayberryPolice Officer
Richie DyePoliceman
Whitt BrantleyPoliceman
David DwyerPoliceman
Jeff BraunPoliceman
Dolan WilsonPoliceman
Lavon LaceyLuther Ingalls
Janell McLeodWhite Lady
Heath GunnAngry Neighbor
Sherri L. WalkerAngry Neighbor
Molly JohnsonMocha Beauty
Jeffrey Pratt GordonRedneck
Darwin T. HobbsJuke Joint Singer
Kenric RichardsonMLK Supporter
Edith IveyWoman Getting Ticket
Sylvester JenkinsLoading Dock Man #1
Bill ErwinLoading Dock Man #2
Shannon WellesPorch Lady
Marion GuyotVirginia Durr
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