Separate But Equal (1991)
- Director(s):
- George Stevens, Jr.
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Based on the ground-breaking Brown vs. the Board of Education case, the made-for-television Separate But Equal follows a young Thurgood Marshall (Sidney Poitier) as a lawyer who argues the racially-charged lawsuit before the Supreme Court. When the black students of Clarendon County, South Carolina are denied their request for a single schoolbus, a bitter and courages battle for justice and equality begins. The NAACP lawyer's desparate fight for the civil rights that didn't come with the outlaw of slavery nearly a century ago becomes an all-encompassing struggle both in his personal life as well as the courtroom. Marshall's opponent is John W. Davis (Burt Lancaster) and the two argue passionately and eloquently before a Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren $Richard Kiley). Separate But Equal is a moving and human dramatization of one of the most pivotal court cases in American history. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ed Hall - Rev. DeLaine
- Graham Beckel - Tulley
- Macon McCalman - Springer
- John McMartin - Gov. Byrnes
- Burt Lancaster - John W. Davis
- Cheryl Lynn Bruce - Gladys
- Damien Leake - Dr. Clark
- Sidney Poitier - Thurgood Marshall
- Gloria Foster - Buster
- Richard Kiley - Earl Warren
- Tommy Hollis - Briggs
- William Cain - Waring
- Cleavon Little - Carter
- Lynne Thigpen - Alice
- Director(s):
- George Stevens, Jr.
- Writer(s):
- George Stevens, Jr.
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- 1991 - Separate But Equal - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Outstanding Miniseries
