American Playhouse For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (Season 2, Episode 8)
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

American Playhouse

For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (Season 2, Episode 8)

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Based on the life and times of NAACP field secretary and Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, assassinated in 1963.

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Howard E. Rollins Jr. Medgar Evers Medgar Evers See fewer	Ragtime (1981)
Irene Cara Myrlie Evers Myrlie Evers See fewer	Fame (1980)
Margaret Avery Dottie Dottie See fewer	The Color Purple (1985)
Roscoe Lee Browne Gloster Current Gloster Current See fewer	The Cowboys (1972)
Laurence Fishburne Jimbo Collins (as Larry Fishburme) Jimbo Collins (as Larry Fishburme) See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Janet MacLachlan Mildred (as Janet McLaughlan) Mildred (as Janet McLaughlan) See fewer	The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Thalmus Rasulala Talbot Talbot See fewer	New Jack City (1991)
Dick Anthony Williams Professor Carter Professor Carter See fewer	Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Paul Winfield Sampson Sampson See fewer	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Kevin Crysler Priest Priest See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Janice E Harris Maybelle Maybelle See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
David Keith Anderson Junior (uncredited) Junior (uncredited) See fewer	Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Tim Card Cab Driver (uncredited) Cab Driver (uncredited) See fewer	Under Siege (1992)
Larry Larson Talley (uncredited) Talley (uncredited) See fewer	Mr. 3000 (2004)
Kevin McCorkle News Photographer (uncredited) News Photographer (uncredited) See fewer	The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Gus Peters Sheriff (uncredited) Sheriff (uncredited) See fewer	Flowers in the Attic (1987)
H. Kevin Russell Activist (uncredited) Activist (uncredited) See fewer	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)