Ellis Haizlip

Self (archive footage)

Sidney Poitier

Self (archive footage)

Blair Underwood

Ellis Haizlip (voice)

Harry Belafonte

Self

Patti LaBelle

Self (archive footage)

Stevie Wonder

Self (archive footage)

Gladys Knight

Self (archive footage)

Questlove

Self

Novella Nelson

Self

Maya Angelou

Self (archive footage)

Bill Withers

Self (archive footage)

Stan Lathan

Self

James Baldwin

Self (archive footage)

Carmen De Lavallade

Self

Al Green

Self (archive footage)

Kathleen Cleaver

Self

Felipe Luciano

Self

Nikki Giovanni

Self