The Great Debaters

Harold Evans

William Taylor

Kali R. Harrison

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Denzel Washington

Melvin B. Tolson

J.D. Evermore

Captain Wainwright

Kimberly Elise

Pearl Farmer

Greg Hale

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Damien Leake

Wilson

Karen Golden

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Forest Whitaker

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Glen Powell

Harvard Debater #1

Brian Smiar

Harvard Dean

John Heard

Sheriff Dozier

Michael Beasley

Trudell

Ritchie Montgomery

Deputy

Jackson Walker

Pig Owner

Tim Parati

Pig Farmer

Denzel Whitaker

James Farmer Jr.

Kevin Beard

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Michael Mattison

White Sharecropper #1

Gina Ravera

Ruth Tolson

Devyn A. Tyler

Helen Farmer

Donny Boaz

Oklahoma City College Debater #1

Bonnie Johnson

Dr. Jennings

Stephen Rider

Paul Quinn Debater #2

Marcus Lyle Brown

Howard Debater #1

Robert X. Golphin

Dunbar Reed

Fahnlohnee R. Harris

Clementine

Rhiannon Giddens

Juke Joint Musician #4

Kelvin Payton

Joseph

Jermaine Williams

Hamilton Burgess

Nate Parker

Henry Lowe

Jurnee Smollett

Samantha Booke

Justice Leak

Harland Osbourne

Frank Ridley

Security Guard

George Bott

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Jono Oliver

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Jack Radosta

White Man at Lynching

George Wilson

Samuel

Jeremiah Kissel

Radio Announcer at Harvard Debate

Charissa Allen

Benita

Trenton McClain Boyd

Nathaniel Farmer

Brad Watkins

Harvard Debater #2

Voltaire Sterling

Paul Quinn Debater #1

Gordon Danniels

Paul Quinn Debate Judge

Samuel Elliott Whisnant

Oklahoma City College Debater #2

Gary Mathis

Enormous Man

Sharon Jones

Lila

Southey Blanton

White Labor Organizer

Jeff Braun

White Sharecropper #2

Milton R. Gipson

Prairie View Professor

Alvin Youngblood Hart

Juke Joint Musician #1

Dom Flemons

Juke Joint Musician #2

Justin Robinson

Juke Joint Musician #3

Ahmad Powell

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Gary Mattis

Enormous Man