A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Alec Baldwin
as Bobby DeLaughter

Whoopi Goldberg
as Myrlie Evers

James Woods
as Byron De La Beckwith

Craig T. Nelson
as Ed Peters

Susanna Thompson
as Peggy Lloyd

Lucas Black
as Burt DeLaughter

Joseph Tello
as Drew DeLaughter

Alexa PenaVega
as Claire DeLaughter

William H. Macy
as Charlie Crisco

Darrell Evers
as Darrell Evers