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According to blackamericaweb.com, rapper, actor, and writer Common (Brown Sugar, American Gangster, and Just Wright), is near a deal to play prominent civil rights activist James Bevel and Andre Holland (42: A Story Of An American Legend) is set to play Andrew Young in “Selma,” the Ava DuVernay-directed drama that has Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt’s Plan B producing at Paramount.

David Oyelowo (The King Of Scotland, Red Tails, and Lincoln) will star as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bevel, leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and key figure in the politically charged march against segregation in Alabama.