Common Ground
1990Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
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Jane Curtin
as Alice McGoff
CCH Pounder
as Rachel Twymon
Erika Alexander
as Cassandra Twymon
Georgia Emelin
as Lisa McGoff
Sean McCann
as Frank Power
James Farentino
as Mayor Kevin White
Richard Thomas
as Colin Diver
Mary Kane
as Joan Diver
Lorraine Toussaint
as Alva Debnam
Andrew Starnes
as Brad Diver
Sean McCarthy
as Ned Diver
Kathleen Doyle
as Kathleen
Daniel O'Shea
as Danny McGoff, Sr.
Annie O'Sullivan
as Mary Ann Matthews
Robert Gossett
as Arnold Walker
Shawana Kemp
as Little Rachel Twymon
James Canning
as Larry Matthews
Hattie Winston
as Daisy Voight
Frankie Faison
as Otis Debnam
Louis Ferreira
as Billy McGoff
Lawrence Dane
as Bob Murphy
Beeson Carroll
as Healy
Darien Berry
as Terry Floyd
Mike Starr
as Terry Cattson
James McDaniel
as Steve Grace
Charles Brown
as Byron
Samuel L. Jackson
as Rev. Bob McClair
Gerard Parkes
as Father Foley
Ken Pogue
as Father Buckley
Edward Atienza
as Father Boyle
Elizabeth Paddon
as Mrs. Green
Bernard Behrens
as James St. Clair
Nicolas Van Burek
as Kevin McGoff
Donal Logue
as Danny McGoff, Jr.