Also, Tom Wilkinson plays President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth is as Alabama Governor George Wallace, and Oprah Winfrey is Annie Lee Cooper, a woman who attempts to register to vote but is ...

Oprah Winfrey has joined the cast of Ava DuVernay’s Selma. Winfrey, who was already producing the project, will play the role of Annie Lee Cooper. Cooper was a Selma, Alabama native who stood in ...

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A version of this story was originally published on Jan. 12, 2021. Annie Lee Cooper stood in line on Jan. 25, 1965, to register to vote at the courthouse in Selma, Ala.

Annie Lee Cooper attends a voter registration event in Selma, Alabama, in 1963. Inset: Cooper struggles with deputies after taking an officer’s baton in Selma on January 25, 1965.

Paramount Pictures As a co-producer, Winfrey earned a Best Picture Academy Award nomination in 2015 for the historical drama Selma, in which she also played civil rights icon Annie Lee Cooper.

Annie Lee Cooper (1910-2010) was an African American civil rights activist who played a key role in the voting rights struggle in Selma, Alabama. In 1965, Cooper attempted to register to vote but ...

Oprah Winfrey became known for her talk show, but she's also a talented actress and producer. Her highest-rated movie according to critics is "Selma," with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. She turns 68 on ...

Twitter Annie Lee Cooper had tried voting multiple times in Selma without success before her fateful altercation in 1965. Annie Lee Cooper didn’t set out to become a civil rights hero. On Jan. 25, ...

This is the true story of Annie Lee Cooper, the activist, revolutionary, and voting rights advocate time almost forgot. Annie Lee Cooper’s Childhood In Jim Crow America Getty Images Black Americans, ...

Annie Lee Cooper, one of those extraordinary Black women whose name is often left out of the history books, stood in line on Jan. 25, 1965, to register to vote at the courthouse in Selma, Ala.