TV REPORTER
MRS. ECKFORD, parent of Elizabeth Eckford
MR. ECKFORD, parent of Elizabeth Eckford
ELIZABETH ECKFORD, black high school student
ERNEST GREEN, black high school student
MELBA PATILLO, black high school student
MINNIJEAN BROWN, black high school student
CROWD OF WHITE PEOPLE
NEWSPAPER REPORTER
GRACE LORCH, white resident of Little Rock
ORVAL FAUBUS, governor of Arkansas
DAISY BATES, president of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP and the students’ leader
RADIO ANNOUNCER
WHITE MAN IN THE CROWD
PHOTOGRAPHER
SCHOOL OFFICIALS 1-3
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, U.S. president
WHITE STUDENT AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
GRANDMA, Melba Patillo’s grandmother
NARRATORS A-E
All characters were real people.