Vanessa Williams

Self - Host

Whitney Houston

Self

Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage)

Snoop Dogg

Self

Diana Ross

Self (archive footage)

Spike Lee

Self

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Little Richard

Self

Debbie Allen

Self

Carl Anderson

Self

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

Tisha Campbell

Self

Nat King Cole

Self (archive footage)

Sean Combs

Self (archive footage)

Dorothy Dandridge

Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Rah Digga

Self

Suzzanne Douglas

Self

Dr. Dre

Self

Billy Eckstine

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Jamie Foxx

Self

Aretha Franklin

Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)

Nelson George

Self

Jasmine Guy

Self

Jimi Hendrix

Self (archive footage)

Gregory Hines

Self

Billie Holiday

Self (archive footage)

Lena Horne

Self (archive footage)

Reginald Hudlin

Self

Ice-T

Self

Michael Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Jam

Self

Quincy Jones

Self

A.J. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Eartha Kitt

Self (archive footage)

John Landis

Self

Stan Lathan

Self

Terry Lewis

Self

LL Cool J

Self (archive footage)

Wynton Marsalis

Self

Harold Nicholas

Self (archive footage)

Alan Parker

Self

Otis Redding

Self (archive footage)

Christopher Reid

Self (archive footage)

Busta Rhymes

Self

Smokey Robinson

Self

Russell Simmons

Self

Bessie Smith

Self (archive footage)

Tina Turner

Self (archive footage)

Fats Waller

Self (archive footage)

Billy Dee Williams

Self

Donald Bogle

Self

Kenny Burrell

Self

James Cross

Self (archive footage)

Suzanne de Passe

Self

Berry Gordy

Self

Eddie Hartman

Self (archive footage)

'Crip' Heard

Self (archive footage)

Rubberneck Holmes

Self (archive footage)

Louis Jordan

Self (archive footage)

Camille King

Maddam CJ Walker

Kyme

Rachel Meadows (archive footage)

Velma Middleton

Self (archive footage)

Fayard Nicholas

Self

The Notorious B.I.G.

Self (archive footage)

Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker

Self (archive footage)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Self (archive footage)