Separate But Equal

The true story behind the most important legal battle of our time.

Duration: 186 min
Release date: 1991-04-07
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A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

History TV Movie Drama

Separate But Equal

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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
as Thurgood Marshall
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
as John W. Davis
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley
as Chief Justice Earl Warren
Cleavon Little
Cleavon Little
as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter
Gloria Foster
Gloria Foster
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
John McMartin
John McMartin
as Governor James F. Byrnes
Mark Hammer
Mark Hammer
as Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed
Graham Beckel
Graham Beckel
as Josiah C. Tulley
Jeffrey Wright
Jeffrey Wright
as William Coleman
Ed Hall
Ed Hall
as Reverend J.A. Delaine
Lynne Thigpen
Lynne Thigpen
as Ruth Alice Stovall
Hallie Foote
Hallie Foote
as Julia Davis
Macon McCalman
Macon McCalman
as W.B. Springer
Randle Mell
Randle Mell
as Charles L. Black Jr.
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
as Gladys Hampton
Tommy Hollis
Tommy Hollis
as Harry Briggs
John Rothman
John Rothman
as NAACP Attorney Jack Greenberg
Damien Leake
Damien Leake
as Dr. Kenneth Clark
Mike Nussbaum
Mike Nussbaum
as Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
William Hardy
William Hardy
as Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark
William Cain
William Cain
as Federal Judge J. Waties Waring
Michael Flippo
Michael Flippo
as Tom
Michael L. Nesbitt
Michael L. Nesbitt
as Man In Audience
Ric Reitz
Ric Reitz
as Mr. Straight
Edward Seamon
Edward Seamon
as E.R. Crow
Laurens Moore
Laurens Moore
as Judge
Henderson Forsythe
Henderson Forsythe
as Justice Robert Jackson
Albert Hall
Albert Hall
as Oliver Hill
E. Katherine Kerr
E. Katherine Kerr
as Mrs. Elizabeth Avery Waring
Tom Aldredge
Tom Aldredge
as Justice Hugo Black
Leonard Jackson
Leonard Jackson
as Harold Boulware
Samuel E. Wright
Samuel E. Wright
as Artis Patterson
John Ottavino
John Ottavino
as Mark Baldwin
Jon DeVries
Jon DeVries
as David Krech
Beeson Carroll
Beeson Carroll
as Judge John J. Parker
Charles Dumas
Charles Dumas
as Bob Mong
Pearce Venning
Pearce Venning
as Harry Briggs Jr.
John C. Vennema
John C. Vennema
as Justice William O. Douglas
Don Dubbins
Don Dubbins
as Professor Al Kelly
Fracaswell Hyman
Fracaswell Hyman
as
Robert Blackburn
Robert Blackburn
as
Ralph Williams
Ralph Williams
as
Laura Warner
Laura Warner
as Court Room Girl
Sam P. Whitehead
Sam P. Whitehead
as Washington Times Reporter
Jack Greenberg
Jack Greenberg
as Jack Greenberg
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