Boycott (2001 TV)

***Boycott*** is a 2001 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Clark Johnson, and starring Jeffrey Wright as Martin Luther King Jr. The film, based on the book *Daybreak of Freedom* by Stewart Burns, tells the story of the 1955–1956 Montgomery bus boycott. It won a Peabody Award in 2001 "for refusing to allow history to slip into 'the past.'"

## Cast

* Jeffrey Wright - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
* Terrence Howard - Ralph Abernathy
* CCH Pounder - Jo Ann Robinson
* Carmen Ejogo - Coretta Scott King
* Reg E. Cathey - E.D. Nixon
* Brent Jennings - Rufus Lewis
* Iris Little Thomas - Rosa Parks (as Iris Little-Thomas)
* Shawn Michael Howard - Fred Gray
* Erik Dellums - Bayard Rustin (as Erik Todd Dellums)
* Mike Hodge - Daddy King
* Whitman Mayo - Reverend Banyon
* Walter Franks - Reverend Fields
* Mert Hatfield - Mayor W.A. Gayle
* Tom Nowicki - Commissioner Sellars
* Danny Nelson - Commissioner Parks
* E. Roger Mitchell - Bob Phillips
* Heather Salmon - Mrs. Dunlap
* Clark Johnson - Emory Jackson (as Clark 'Slappy Jackson)
* Jack Martin - Clifford Durr
* Crystal Garrett - Juanita Abernathy
* Thomas Jefferson Byrd - Raymond Parks
* James Bigwood - Bus Driver
* Freda Scott Giles - Woman #1
* Schveka Cooper-Brown - Woman #2
* Ralph David Abernathy IV - Young Boy
* Dan Biggers - Judge
* Frank Hoyt Taylor - Jack Crenshaw
* Toiya Tillman - Claudette Colvin (as Thimbe Prather)
* Willy Andralliski - Pharmacy Owner
* A.J. Jerrick - Dr. Johnson
* Sandra Ellis Lafferty - White Committee Woman (as Sandra Lafferty)
* Ron Leggett - Juke Joint Patron
* Ray Stoney - Juke Joint Patron
* Lee Roy Giles - Holiness Minister
* Elizabeth Omilami - MLK Passenger (as Elisabeth Omilami)
* Deborah Duke - MLK Passenger (as Debra Calloway Duke)
* Ginnie Randall - MLK Passenger
* Robert C. Treveiler - Jail Clerk (as Rob Trevelier)
* Steve Coulter - Sergeant
* Earl Potter - Angry Man
* Michelle Benajmin-Patillo - Angry Woman
* Von Coulter - MLK Guard
* Omar J. Dorsey - MLK Guard (as Omar Dorsey)
* Angela Elayne Gibbs - Congregant #1 (as Angela Gibbs-Mills)
* Geoffrey Williams - Congregant #2
* Willie Tennyson - Cabbie
* Gerald Brown - Wino
* James Mayberry - Policeman
* Richie Dye - Policeman
* Whitt Brantley - Policeman (as Whit Brantley)
* David Dwyer - Policeman
* Jeff Braun - Policeman
* Dolan Wilson - Policeman
* Lavon Lacey - Luther Ingalls
* James W. Holland - Elderly Musician
* Janell McLeod - White Lady
* Aaron Neville - Angry Neighbor
* Heath Gunn - Angry Neighbor
* Sherri L. Walker - Angry Neighbor (as Sherril Walker)
* Patricia Gonzales - Angry Neighbor
* Molly Johnson - Mocha Beauty
* Ronald Elmer Johnson Jr. - Reverend Lawrence
* Aja Kendall - Young Girl
* L. Warren Young - Hotel Clerk
* Marion Nelson - Woman in Crowd
* Jeffrey Pratt Gordon - Redneck
* Darwin T. Hobbs - Juke Joint Singer
* Cassi Davis - Cook (as Cassandra Davis)
* Fred D. Gray - MLK Supporter
* Kenric Richardson - MLK Supporter
* Tracey Wootson - Lady on the Street
* Edith Ivey - Woman Getting Ticket
* Sylvester Jenkins - Loading Dock Man #1
* Bill Erwin - Loading Dock Man #2
* Shannon Welles - Porch Lady
* Ken Sands - Elderly Gentleman
* Marion Guyot - Virginia Durr

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Dwayne Boyd - MLK Supporter (uncredited)
* Russell Durham Comegys - Police Officer (uncredited)
* GlenNeta Griffin - Protestor (uncredited)
* Bernard Holyfield
* Ted Huckabee - Racist Fireman (uncredited)
* Rick Kamen - Man on Bus (uncredited)
* Robert M. Perez - Police Officer (uncredited)
* Theodore Perkins - Church Member (uncredited)
* Ernest Peterson - MLK Friend (uncredited)
* Xavier Rivers - Organist (uncredited)
* Gloria Sauve - Protestor / Office Organizer (uncredited)
* Sherri ScottNovoa - Mrs. Jenkins / MIA Member (uncredited)
* Jim Suss - Fireman (uncredited)
* Joe Walsh - Reporter (uncredited)
* Steve Warren - Man after Rosa Parks' Seat (uncredited)

## Link

* https://made-for-tv-movie.fandom.com/wiki/Boycott