Cast

• Kerry Washington — Major Charity Adams
• Milauna Jackson — Captain Abbie Noel Campbell
• Ebony Obsidian — Lena Derriecott Bell King
• Kylie Jefferson — Bernice Baker
• Sarah Jeffery — Dolores Washington
• Pepi Sonuga — Elaine White
• Shanice Shantay — Johnnie Mae Burton
• Moriah Brown — Inez Bright
• Dean Norris — General Halt
• Susan Sarandon — Eleanor Roosevelt
• Sam Waterston — Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Oprah Winfrey — Mary McLeod Bethune
• Gregg Sulkin — Abram David
• Jeanté Godlock — Vera Scott
• Jay Reeves — Private Hugh Bell
• Donna Biscoe — Emma Derriecott
• Jeffery Johnson — Colonel Davenport
• Baadja-Lyne Odums — Susie
• Sarah Helbringer — Mary Kathryn
• Austin Nichols — Colonel Collins