Guest Stars Sasha Compere as Juanita Abernathy Quentin Plair as Grant X Donal Logue as Strom Thurmond Griffin Matthews as Bayard Rustin Adam Cropper as President John F Kennedy Mallori Johnson as Evelyn Johnson Wilbur Fitzgerald as Senator Byrd Ja'Quan Monroe-Henderson as John Lewis Karina Willis as Dorothy Cotton Al Mitchell as Roy Wilkins Afemo Omilami as Philip Randolph Co Starring Carter Ace as MLK III Zuri James as Ronald Stokes Emelia Kahira as Yoki King Chione Narcisse-Williams as 6-Year Old Yoki Jaxon James as 5-Year Old MLK III Jared Simon as FBI Agent Derick Scott Kown as Reporter #2 Ernestine Johnson as Annie Matthew Montemero as Reporter #4 Royal Skye Bihlear as Essie's Child Joe Ditmyer as NY Times Reporter Matthew Swift as Reporter #1 A'Todd Williams as Essie Mae's Husband Amethyst Davis as Essie Mae Phil Biedron as Reporter #3 Taron Germany as Assistant Minister