Part 1 S01 E01

Cicely Tyson (as Mama Flora) Erika Alexander (as Young Flora) Blair Underwood (as Willie) Queen Latifah (as Diana) Mario Van Peebles (as Luke) Hill Harper (as Don) Shemar Moore (as Lincoln Fleming) Lou Myers (as Albie) Tanya Wright (as Ernestine) Sicily Johnson (as Diana (Teenager)) Novella Nelson (as Pearl (1955-1970)) Elijah Kelley (as Young Willie) Tommy Hollis (as Reverend Jackson) David Ramsey (as Booker Palmer (Adult)) Donna Biscoe (as Jessica) Rhoda Griffis (as Mrs. Hopkins (Younger Woman)) Shashawnee Hall (as Ab) Terrence Howard (as Lincoln) E. Roger Mitchell (as Charlie (1912)) Ronald McCall (as Johnny Metzer) Gregory Alan Williams (as Charlie (1941)) DJ Qualls (as Jason) Earl Maddox (as Racist) Wilbur Fitzgerald (as Public Defender) Jill Jane Clements (as Waitress) Angela Elayne Gibbs (as Woman with Baby) Libby Whittemore (as Nurse) Don Henderson Baker (as Clerk (1955)) Tony Vaughn (as Man (1941)) Jody Thompson (as Another Boy) Alex Van (as Ralph) Frank Hoyt Taylor (as Mr. Anderson) Mike Masters (as Ben) Mitchell Laurance (as State's Attorney) Tonea Stewart (as Bessie) Erik Kilpatrick (as Reggie) Jonathan Parks Jordan (as Gavin Hopkins) Crystal R. Fox (as Ruthana) Jermaine Jackson (as Dancer)

based on novel or book family relationships prejudice racism