Whoopi Goldberg
Odessa Cotter
Mary Steenburgen
Narrator (voice)
Sissy Spacek
Miriam Thompson
Ving Rhames
Herbert Cotter
Chelcie Ross
Martin
Dylan Baker
Tunker Thompson
Philip Sterling
Winston
Dwight Schultz
Norman Thompson
Erika Alexander
Selma Cotter
Afemo Omilami
Taxi Driver
Schuyler Fisk
Judy (Girl at Oak Park)
Dan Butler
Charlie
Lexi Randall
Mary Catherine
Jason Weaver
Franklin Cotter
Norman Matlock
Preacher
Graham Timbes
Clyde Sellers
Haynes Brooke
Policeman at Oak Park
Nancy Moore Atchison
Anne (Girl at Oak Park)
Crystal Robbins
Sara Thompson
Richard Habersham
Theodore Cotter
Dorothy Love Coates
Lead Singer at Car Lot
Charles Hubbard
Mr. Cooper
Harriet Sumner
Mrs. Cooper
Gleaves Azar
Grandma Thompson
Fairley McDonald
Jeff Sewell
Dorrell Dorsey
Woman in Church
Bobby Howard
Clipboard Man
Cynthia B. Wilson
Black Maid
Katherine Conely
Mrs. Midgley
Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson
George Millo
Everett McCorvey
Church Speaker
T. Clifford Bibb
Choir Leader
David E. McCorvey
Older Black Man
Perry Carter
Sammy Chancelor
Troy La Don Pate
Party Guest
Michael Sansom
Angry Man (Eugene)
Christine Windham
Singer #1 at Car Lot
Gladys Bozwell
Singer at Car Lot
Betty Jean Washington
Singer at Car Lot
Minnie Stringer
Singer at Car Lot
Callie Graham
Singer at Car Lot
Lillian Luddington
Singer at Car Lot
Fidella Earls
Singer at Car Lot
Cynthia King
Singer at Car Lot