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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.
Top billed cast
Alec BaldwinBobby DeLaughter
Whoopi GoldbergMyrlie Evers
James WoodsByron De La Beckwith
Craig T. NelsonEd Peters
Susanna ThompsonPeggy Lloyd
Lucas BlackBurt DeLaughter
Joseph TelloDrew DeLaughter
Alexa PenaVegaClaire DeLaughter
William H. MacyCharlie Crisco- Darrell EversDarrell Evers
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