When shooting the movie was over Jamie walked away as himself not RAY. However, if you watch the finished product, you see Ray even though you know it is Jamie Fox. It was an Academy Award performance.
About RAY rather than Jamie and copied from IMDB: The scene where Charles is met by a group of protesters outside the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Georgia is a fabrication. Charles canceled his appearance after receiving a telegram from students at a local black college. The promoter successfully sued Charles for breach of contract, but he was never banned from the state of Georgia. When the Georgia state legislature honored Ray Charles in 1979, they didn’t apologized for banning him because he was never banned. In the commentary, it is stated that this event actually happened, but those who looked into Georgia’s legislature found no record that he was banned, just sued, and later they adopted as their state song “Georgia” – by Ray Charles.
