Ghosts of Mississippi

James Pickens Jr. as Medgar Evers Virginia Madsen as Dixie DeLaughter Wayne Rogers as Morris Dees David Carpenter as Bill Walter Ramon Bieri as James Holley Diana Bellamy as Barbara Holder Margo Martindale as Clara Mayfield Jordan Lund as Deputy Whoopi Goldberg as Myrlie Evers James Woods as Byron De La Beckwith Susanna Thompson as Peggy Lloyd Lucas Black as Burt DeLaughter William H. Macy as Charlie Crisco Michael O'Keefe as Merrida Coxwell Terry O'Quinn as Judge Hilburn Rance Howard as Ralph Hargrove Alec Baldwin as Bobby DeLaughter Jerry Levine as Jerry Mitchell Richard Riehle as Tommy Mayfield Brock Peters as Walter Williams Andy Romano as Hardy Lott Sarah Hunley as Peggy Morgan Greg Bronson as Court Bailiff (uncredited) Craig T. Nelson as Ed Peters Richard Stahl as Judge Hendrick Thomas Kopache as Thorn McIntyre Bill Smitrovich as Jim Kitchens Bill Henderson as Minister Diane Ladd as Grandma Caroline Moore Bonnie Bartlett as Billie DeLaughter Alexa PenaVega as Claire DeLaughter Rex Linn as Martin Scott Finn Carter as Cynthia Speetgens Bill Cobbs as Charlie Evers Jerry Hardin as Grandpa Barney DeLaughter Frank Hoyt Taylor as Dan Prince Yolanda King as Reena Evers Zoaunne LeRoy as Thelma De La Beckwith

Jane Jenkins Casting Deborah La Mia Denaver Makeup Artist Janet Hirshenson Casting Matthew W. Mungle Makeup Artist Rob Reiner Director, Producer Lewis Colick Writer Marc Shaiman Original Music Composer Charles Newirth Executive Producer Frederick Zollo Producer John Seale Director of Photography Kyle Cooper Title Designer