In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.

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Cast

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Malcolm X

Eli Goree

Cassius Clay

Aldis Hodge

Jim Brown

Leslie Odom Jr.

Sam Cooke

Joaquina Kalukango

Betty X

Nicolette Robinson

Barbara Cooke

Michael Imperioli

Angelo Dundee

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Bundini Brown

Christian Magby

Jamaal

Jeremy Pope

Jackie Wilson

Kingsley Ben-Adir — Malcolm X

Kingsley Ben-Adir (born 20 November 1986) is a British actor. His credits include playing pathologist Marcus Summer in ITV's Vera (2014–2018), private detective Karim Washington on Netflix's The OA (2019), Colonel Ben Younger in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2017–2019), and Gravik in the superhero miniseries Secret Invasion (2023).

Eli Goree — Cassius Clay

Eli Goree (born May 26, 1994) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for portraying Quincy in HBO's Ballers (2015-2019), Malik in Da Kink in My Hair (2007–2009), Dave Albritton in Race (2016) and Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali in One Night in Miami (2020). In 2018, he started a recurring role on the CW's TV series Riverdale, where he plays Munroe "Mad Dog" Moore.

Aldis Hodge — Jim Brown

Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (born September 20, 1986) is an American actor best known for his role as Alec Hardison on the TNT series Leverage and as MC Ren in the 2015 biopic, Straight Outta Compton. Aldis is the younger brother of actor Edwin Hodge.