Top billed cast

1. 

   Sidney Poitier

   Thurgood Marshall

2. 

   Burt Lancaster

   John W. Davis

3. 

   Richard Kiley

   Chief Justice Earl Warren

4. 

   Cleavon Little

   Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

5. 

   Gloria Foster

   Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

6. 

   John McMartin

   Governor James F. Byrnes

7. 

   Mark Hammer

   Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed

8. 

   Graham Beckel

   Josiah C. Tulley

9. 

   Jeffrey Wright

   William Coleman

10. View more

Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14

It is educational...and as someone that works in history, I can see a teacher wanting to be lazy and using "Separate But Equal" as an excuse for it...

...but I doubt I'd ever do it. I'd want my students to form an interest in movies based on historical events.

I don't know what Poitier was thinking. Watching the mini-series anyone that read the script should have instantly gotten that "made for TV crap" vibe off it.

I gave it 5 stars. I mean, I can sit down and watch and enjoy it...but I can also read and enjoy Herzen's autobiography. I am a freak of nature that can enjoy some horribl...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Glory Road74%
2. Confirmation69%
3. Girl in the Box67%
4. The Rosa Parks Story71%
5. The Long Walk Home76%
6. TalhotBlond63%
7. Glory74%
8. Oranges and Sunshine69%
9. Judgment at Nuremberg80%
10. The Trial of the Chicago 776%
11. Little Lord Fauntleroy73%
12. Truth & Treason80%
13. Dalíland59%
14. Normal66%
15. All the Way66%
16. Mansfield Park61%
17. The Eichmann Show66%
18. Cheaters63%
19. Free State of Jones67%
20. Against the Wall61%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• civil rights
• racial segregation
• courtroom