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The Color of Courage

Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose family, the McGhees, has moved into a previously all-white neighborhood. A McGhee granddaughter, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, wrote the script.

Top Cast

  • Linda Hamilton

    Linda Hamilton

    Anna Sipes

  • Lynn Whitfield

    Lynn Whitfield

    Minnie McGhee

  • Bruce Greenwood

    Bruce Greenwood

    Benjamin Sipes

  • Roger Guenveur Smith

    Roger Guenveur Smith

    Mac McGhee

  • David Andrews

    David Andrews

    Philip Renfrew

  • Jenny O'Hara

    Jenny O'Hara

    Dorothy Renfrew

  • Gannon Brown

    Gannon Brown

    Reggie McGhee

  • Shan Elliot

    Shan Elliot

    Orsel McGhee

  • Tegan Moss

    Tegan Moss

    Maggie Sipes

Overview

Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose family, the McGhees, has moved into a previously all-white neighborhood. A McGhee granddaughter, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, wrote the script.

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