About 4 Little Girls
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
Full Cast of 4 Little Girls
Maxine McNair
plays Self - Mother of Denise McNair
Chris McNair
plays Self - Father of Denise McNair
Helen Pegues
plays Self - Denise's Aunt
Queen Nunn
plays Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair
Arthur Hanes Jr.
plays Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss
Howell Raines
plays Self - New York Times Editor
Harold McNair
plays Self - Denise's Uncle
Carole C. Smitherman
plays Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
Wamo Reed Robertson
plays Self - Carole's Aunt
Dianne Braddock
plays Self - Carole's Sister
Carolyn Lee Brown
plays Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
Alpha Robertson
plays Self - Mother of Carole Robertson
Wyatt Tee Walker
plays Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
plays Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Florence Terrell
plays Self - School Teacher
Gwendolyn White
plays Self - School Teacher
Doris Lockhart
plays Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley
Gerald Colbert
plays Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor
Freeman Hrabowski III
plays Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
Shirley Wesley King
plays Self - Cynthia's Sister
Carolyn M. McKinstry
plays Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend
David J. Vann
plays Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham
Bill Baxley
plays Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama
Albert Boutwell
plays Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)
Andrew Young
plays Self - SCLC
Taylor Branch
plays Self - Author
Nadean S. Williams
plays Self - Music Teacher
Janie Gaines
plays Self - Addie Mae's Sister
Rhonda Nunn Thomas
plays Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
James Bevel
plays Self - SCLC
Tommy Wrenn
plays Self - SCLC
George Wallace
plays Self
Nicholas Katzenbach
plays Self - Former US Attorney General
Billie Harris
plays Self - Funeral Home Director
Ricky Powell
plays Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
Lillie Brown
plays Self - SCLC
Ossie Davis
plays Self - Actor and Playwright
Mahalia Jackson
plays Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)
Barbara Nunn
plays Self - Denise's Childhood Friend
John Cross
plays Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church
Barbara Cross
plays Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross
Morris Marshall
plays Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member
Junie Collins
plays Self - Addie Mae's Sister
Diane Nash
plays Self - SCLC
Faye Davis
plays Self - Carole's Childhood Friend
Coretta Scott King
plays Self
Walter Cronkite
plays Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Bill Cosby
plays Self - Educator
Jesse Jackson
plays Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Reggie White
plays Self - Green Bay Packers
Ralph Abernathy
plays Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Brinkley
plays Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
Addie Mae Collins
plays Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Farmer
plays Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spike Lee
plays Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Spike Lee was born Shelton Lee in 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Geor...
See Spike Lee's other roles →Denise McNair
plays Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cynthia Wesley
plays Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carole Rosamond Robertson
plays Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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