Director: Abby Mann

Writer: Abby Mann

Keywords: Drama, Biography

TV miniseries.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tony Bennett	Singer	3-Aug-1926		Left his heart in San Francisco
Julian Bond	Activist	14-Jan-1940	15-Aug-2015	NAACP Chairman, 1998-2010
Roscoe Lee Browne	Actor	2-May-1925	11-Apr-2007	Character actor, 1960s to 2000s
Lonny Chapman	Actor	1-Oct-1920	12-Oct-2007	American character actor
Ramsey Clark	Government	18-Dec-1927		US Attorney General, 1967-69
Ossie Davis	Actor	18-Dec-1917	4-Feb-2005	Do The Right Thing
Cliff De Young	Singer	12-Feb-1946		Former lead singer, Clear Light
Art Evans	Actor	27-Mar-1942		A Soldier's Story
Al Freeman, Jr.	Actor	21-Mar-1934	10-Aug-2012	Malcolm X
Clu Gulager	Actor	16-Nov-1928		The Killers
Steven Hill	Actor	24-Feb-1922	23-Aug-2016	Adam Schiff on Law & Order
Martin Luther King III	Activist	23-Oct-1957		Former President of the SCLC
Kenneth McMillan	Actor	2-Jul-1932	8-Jan-1989	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.	Actor	17-Oct-1950	8-Dec-1996	A Soldier's Story
Sonny Shroyer	Actor	28-Aug-1935		Enos on The Dukes of Hazzard
David Spielberg	Actor	6-Mar-1939		Dr. David Bedford on The Practice
Dolph Sweet	Actor	18-Jul-1920	8-May-1985	Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
Cicely Tyson	Actor	18-Dec-1924		Sounder
Dick Anthony Williams	Actor	9-Aug-1938	16-Feb-2012	What the Wine Sellers Buy
Paul Winfield	Actor	22-May-1941	7-Mar-2004	Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn

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