Name	Known for
Ralph Abernathy Self (as Rev. Ralph Abernathy) Self (as Rev. Ralph Abernathy) See fewer	In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
William G. Anderson Self (as Dr. William G. Anderson) Self (as Dr. William G. Anderson) See fewer	Shared Legacies (2020)
Melvin Bailey Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
James Bevel Self (as Rev. James Bevel) Self (as Rev. James Bevel) See fewer	4 Little Girls (1997)
Julian Bond Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Greased Lightning (1977)
Eugene 'Bull' Connor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The American Revolution of '63 (1963)
Courtland Cox Self Self See fewer	Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
Ossie Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
James Forman Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Arthur George Gaston Self (as A.G. Gaston) Self (as A.G. Gaston) See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Dick Gregory Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hot Chick (2002)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Coretta Scott King Self Self See fewer	Nationtime (1972)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) (as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) Self (archive footage) (as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
John Lewis Self Self See fewer	John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Burke Marshall Self Self See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Laurie Pritchett Self Self See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
A. Philip Randolph Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Mike Wallace Interview (1957)
Bernice Johnson Reagon Self Self See fewer	Just Mercy (2019)
Bayard Rustin Self Self See fewer	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Martin Luther King Jr. (voice) Martin Luther King Jr. (voice) See fewer	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Robert Shelton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Charles Sherrod Self Self See fewer	I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth Self (as Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth) Self (as Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth) See fewer	I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1982)
David J. Vann Self (as Attorney David Vann) Self (as Attorney David Vann) See fewer	4 Little Girls (1997)
Wyatt Tee Walker Self (as Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker) Self (as Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
George Wallace Self (archive footage) (as Gov. George C. Wallace) Self (archive footage) (as Gov. George C. Wallace) See fewer	Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
Andrew Young Self (as Rev. Andrew Young) Self (as Rev. Andrew Young) See fewer	Fandango at the Wall (2020)