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Separate But Equal

1991

186 minutes

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Overview

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Top Cast

Sidney Poitier headshot

Sidney Poitier

Thurgood Marshall

Burt Lancaster headshot

Burt Lancaster

John W. Davis

Richard Kiley headshot

Richard Kiley

Chief Justice Earl Warren

Cleavon Little headshot

Cleavon Little

Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Gloria Foster headshot

Gloria Foster

Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

John McMartin headshot

John McMartin

Governor James F. Byrnes

Mark Hammer headshot

Mark Hammer

Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed

Graham Beckel headshot

Graham Beckel

Josiah C. Tulley

Jeffrey Wright headshot

Jeffrey Wright

William Coleman

Ed Hall headshot

Ed Hall

Reverend J.A. Delaine

Lynne Thigpen headshot

Lynne Thigpen

Ruth Alice Stovall

Hallie Foote headshot

Hallie Foote

Julia Davis

Macon McCalman headshot

Macon McCalman

W.B. Springer

Randle Mell headshot

Randle Mell

Charles L. Black Jr.

Cheryl Lynn Bruce headshot

Cheryl Lynn Bruce

Gladys Hampton

Tommy Hollis headshot

Tommy Hollis

Harry Briggs

John Rothman headshot

John Rothman

NAACP Attorney Jack Greenberg

Damien Leake headshot

Damien Leake

Dr. Kenneth Clark

Mike Nussbaum headshot

Mike Nussbaum

Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter

William Hardy headshot

William Hardy

Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark

William Cain headshot

William Cain

Federal Judge J. Waties Waring

Michael Flippo headshot

Michael Flippo

Tom

Michael L. Nesbitt headshot

Michael L. Nesbitt

Man In Audience

Ric Reitz headshot

Ric Reitz

Mr. Straight

Edward Seamon headshot

Edward Seamon

E.R. Crow

Laurens Moore headshot

Laurens Moore

Judge