Trailer
 | David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
 | Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King |
 | Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson |
 | Giovanni Ribisi as Lee White |
 | Tim Roth as Gov. George Wallace |
 | André Holland as Andrew Young |
 | Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy |
 | Common as James Bevel |
 | Stephan James as John Lewis |
 | Omar J. Dorsey as James Orange |
 | LaKeith Stanfield as Jimmie Lee Jackson |
 | Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper |
 | Tessa Thompson as Diane Nash |
 | Cuba Gooding Jr. as Fred Gray |
 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Bayard Rustin |
 | Kent Faulcon as Sullivan Jackson |
 | Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton |
 | Alessandro Nivola as John Doar |
 | David Dwyer as Chief Wilson Baker |
 | E. Roger Mitchell as Frederick Reese |
 | Dylan Baker as J. Edgar Hoover |
 | Ledisi as Mahalia Jackson |
 | Niecy Nash as Richie Jean Jackson |
 | Corey Reynolds as Rev. C.T. Vivian |
 | Wendell Pierce as Rev. Hosea Williams |
 | Charity Jordan as Viola Lee Jackson |
 | Nigel Thatch as Malcolm X |
 | Trai Byers as James Forman |
 | Stan Houston as Sheriff Jim Clark |
 | Jeremy Strong as James Reeb |
 | Tara Ochs as Viola Liuzzo |
 | Stephen Root as Col. Al Lingo |
 | Greg Maness as Aide |
 | Haviland Stillwell as President's Secretary |
| Charles Black as Elder Marcher |
 | Jody Thompson as White Marcher |
 | Henry G. Sanders as Cager Lee |
 | Montrel Miller as Young Marcher |
 | Jim France as Gunnar Jahn |
 | Michael Papajohn as Major Cloud |
 | John Lavelle as Roy Reed |
 | Stormy Merriwether as Jackson's Daughter |
 | Martin Sheen as Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited) |
| Art | |
| Erin G. Fuller | Location Scout |
Crew | |
| Riley Flanagan | Set Production Assistant |
Art | |
| Elizabeth Keenan | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | |
| Ruth E. Carter | Costume Design |
| Beverly Jo Pryor | Makeup Department Head |
| Kellie Robinson | Makeup Artist |
| Keitric Starks | Makeup Artist |
Sound | |
| Christopher Assells | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bill R. Dean | Sound Effects Editor |
| Paul Hackner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Greg Hedgepath | Supervising Sound Editor |
Directing | |
| Ava DuVernay | Director |
Writing | |
| Paul Webb | Writer |
Camera | |
| Bradford Young | Director of Photography |
Editing | |
| Spencer Averick | Editor |
Production | |
| Aisha Coley | Casting |
Art | |
| Kim Jennings | Art Direction |
Production | |
| Christian Colson | Producer |
| Dede Gardner | Producer |
| Jeremy Kleiner | Producer |
| Oprah Winfrey | Producer |
| Nik Bower | Executive Producer |
| Ava DuVernay | Executive Producer |
| Paul Goodwin Garnes | Executive Producer |
| Cameron McCracken | Executive Producer |
| Diarmuid McKeown | Executive Producer |
| Nan Morales | Executive Producer |
| Brad Pitt | Executive Producer |
Camera | |
| Atsushi Nishijima | Still Photographer |
Visual Effects | |
| Dottie Starling | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Sound | |
| Common | Songs |
| John Legend | Songs |
| Rhymefest | Songs |
| Matthias Gohl | Music Score Producer |
| Matthias Gohl | Orchestrator |
| Jason Moran | Original Music Composer |
Writing | |
| Ava DuVernay | Writer |
Production | |
| Jonathan Keith | Casting Director |
| Cynthia Stillwell | Casting Director |
Crew | |
| Raven-Danielle Baker | Stunts |
| Karen Battiste | Stunts |
| Stephen A. Pope | Stunt Coordinator |
Art | |
| Mark Friedberg | Production Design |
| Jason Sweers | Graphic Designer |
Sound | |
| Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
Editing | |
| Sterling Robertson | Assistant Editor |
