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Movie poster for Separate but Equal (1991)

Separate but Equal

“The true story behind the most important legal battle of our time.”

1991

3h 6m

History TV Movie Drama

Director: George Stevens Jr.

Writer: George Stevens Jr.

Overview

A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.

Cast

20 people

Photo of Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall

Sidney Poitier

Thurgood Marshall

Photo of Burt Lancaster as John W. Davis

Burt Lancaster

John W. Davis

Photo of Richard Kiley as Chief Justice Earl Warren

Richard Kiley

Chief Justice Earl Warren

Photo of Cleavon Little as Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Cleavon Little

Robert L. 'Bob' Carter

Photo of Gloria Foster as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

Gloria Foster

Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

Photo of John McMartin as Governor James F. Byrnes

John McMartin

Governor James F. Byrnes

Mark Hammer

Associate Justice Stanley Forman Reed

Photo of Graham Beckel as Josiah C. Tulley

Graham Beckel

Josiah C. Tulley

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