James Bevel — Selma Character Profile

About James Bevel

SCLC activist who welcomes King to Selma. After the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson, he meets with the victim's family at the morgue and helps rally protesters to continue their struggle for civil rights.

Character Facts

Played by

Common

Appears in

Selma (2014)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Selma

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo)
• Coretta Scott King (Carmen Ejogo)
• President Lyndon B. Johnson (Tom Wilkinson)
• Lee White (Giovanni Ribisi)
• Jimmie Lee Jackson (LaKeith Stanfield)
• Gov. George Wallace (Tim Roth)
• John Doar (Alessandro Nivola)
• Sullivan Jackson (Kent Faulcon)
• Fred Gray (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
• Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah Winfrey)
• Chief Wilson Baker (David Dwyer)
• J. Edgar Hoover (Dylan Baker)