Booker

Shavar Ross

Booker T. Washington

CCH Pounder

Jane

Thalmus Rasulala

Stepfather

James Bond III

John

Shelley Duvall

Laura

Judge Reinhold

Newt

Doreen Lang

Eliza Burroughs

Tony Haney

Monroe

Julius Harris

Lee

Marilyn Coleman

Sophia

LeVar Burton

Davis

Mel Stewart

Reverend Rice

Marian Mercer

Mrs. Ruffner

Don De Fina

Barber

Jim Haynie

Wheeler

Henry Travers

Honest White Man

Tom Dahlgren

General Ruffner

Denny Delk

Yankee Soldier

Hank Ross

Black Man on Road

Melvina Smedley

Beatrice Peters

Webster Lewis

Original Music Composer

Stan Lathan

Director

Don De Fina

Art Direction

Charles Eric Johnson

Story, Screenplay

Stephen Stept

Editor

Whitney Green

Producer

Marianna Åström-De Fina

Costume Design

John Else

Director of Photography

Avon Kirkland

Executive Producer, Story

John Allman

Screenplay