Separate but Equal
Brief Synopsis
A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."
Cast & Crew
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George Stevens Jr.
Director
Sidney Poitier
Thurgood Marshall
Burt Lancaster
John W Davis
Richard Kiley
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Cleavon Little
Robert Carter
Gloria Foster
Vivian "Buster" Marshall
Film Details
Genre
Historical
Release Date
1991
Production Company
ABC Entertainment Group; Location Catering Of The South Inc
Location
Washington, DC, USA; Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Orlando, Florida, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A two-part miniseries. Dramatizes the events leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school desegregation, "Brown vs. Board of Education."
Director
George Stevens Jr.
Director
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Thurgood Marshall
Burt Lancaster
John W Davis
Richard Kiley
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Cleavon Little
Robert Carter
Gloria Foster
Vivian "Buster" Marshall
Ed Hall
Reverend J A Delaine
John Mcmartin
James Byrnes
Tommy Hollis
Harry Briggs Sr
Graham Beckel
Josiah B Tulley
Damien Leake
Dr Kenneth Clark
Henderson Forsythe
Justice Robert Jackson
Mike Nussbaum
Justice Felix Frankfurter
John Rothman
Jack Greenberg
Albert Hall
Oliver Hill
Lynne Thigpen
Alice Stovall
Macon Mccalman
W B Springer
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Gladys Hampton
Randle Mell
Charles Black
Pearce Venning
Harry Briggs Jr
Hallie Foote
Julia Davis
E Katherine Kerr
Mrs Elizabeth Avery Waring
Tom Aldredge
Justice Hugo Black
Leonard Jackson
Harold Boulware
Ed Seamon
E R Crow
Beeson Carroll
Judge John J Parker
Samuel E Wright
Artis Patterson
John Ottovino
Mark Baldwin
Jon Devries
David Krech
Mark Hammer
Justice Stanley Reed
Charles Duman
Bob Mong
Jeffrey Wright
William Coleman
William Cain
Jack Greenberg
Jay Klein
Lead Person
Crew
Brenda Armstrong
Caterer
Vernon Barksdale
Casting (Regional)
Charles Blackman
Swing Gang
Eddie Bowen
Location Manager
Helen Britten
Production
Gae S. Buckley
Art Director
Jim Butler
Publicity
Ron Cafferty
Sound Department
Christie Chaplin
Driver
Gigi Coker
Makeup
Carl Davis
Music
Judy Dennis
Casting Associate
Penney Edwards
Other
Teresa Fitzgerald
Other
Carol Flaisher
Assistant Location Manager
John Hope Franklin
Consultant
Mark Gerard
Director Of Photography (2nd Unit)
Julie Goetz
Researcher
Alixe Gordin
Casting Director
Heidi Gottlieb
Office Runner
Robert Gravel
Transportation Captain
Penny Veronica Hadfield
Production Designer
Anne E Hart
Production Coordinator
English Heisser
Assistant
Cindi Hobgood
Assistant Location Manager
Cristi G Hooper
Assistant
Jerry Jackson
Consultant
Francine Jamison-tanchuck
Costume Designer
Chuck Johnson
Dolly Grip
Stan Keitt
Assistant Camera Operator
Leslie Kirvin
Auditor
Nic Knowland
Director Of Photography
Peter Knowlton
Special Effects Coordinator
Alex Kramarchuk
Assistant Director
Linda Lee
Set Decorator
Kerry James Longacre
Swing Gang
David W Macdonald
Foreman
Donna Mack
Production Assistant
Stan Margulies
Executive Producer
Stan Margulies
Producer
Lorraine Maxwell-young
Casting (Regional)
Dottie Mccarthy
Assistant
Elizabeth Morton
Other
Ed Novick
Sound Mixer
Peggy Parker
Property Master
Pedro Pelaez
Lighting Technician
Beverly Poitier-henderson
Casting (Regional)
Rusty Pouch
Best Boy
E Barrett Prettyman
Consultant
Michael Scott Reid
Production Assistant
Marie-ange Ripka
Hair
Frank Rose
Costume Supervisor
Chuck Rowley
Transportation Coordinator
Regina Rutherford
Makeup
Thomas Michael Ryan
Key Grip
Thomas Michael Ryan
Construction
Jeffrey Schlatter
Construction Coordinator
Debra Schutt
Set Decorator
Charlie Seabrook
Dolly Grip
Joel Segal
Assistant Director
Stoney Shelton
Gaffer
Cathy Shields
Film Research
Paul A Simmons
Costumes
George Stevens Jr.
Screenwriter
George Stevens Jr.
Executive Producer
Ted Swanson
Production Manager
Lisette Thomas
Set Designer
Thomas Tolbert
Props
Robert Topol
Scenic Artist
Tony Trotta
Scenic Artist
Peter Wentorth
Production Assistant
John W. Wheeler
Editor
Bill Wilkins
Publicity
Chriss Williams
Casting Intern
Cecil R Wilson
Assistant Camera Operator
Ian C Wright
Boom Operator
Nike Zachmanoglou
Script Supervisor
Jim Zagami
Consultant
Film Details
Genre
Historical
Release Date
1991
Production Company
ABC Entertainment Group; Location Catering Of The South Inc
Location
Washington, DC, USA; Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Orlando, Florida, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 7, 1991
Aired in United States April 8, 1991
Released in United States on Video October 24, 1991
Began shooting August 7, 1990.
Completed shooting October 9, 1990.
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