Morgan Freeman

Self

Rosetta LeNoire

Self

Frederick O'Neal

Self

Ossie Davis

Self

Paul Robeson

Self (archive footage)

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Robinson

Self (archive footage)

Hazel Scott

Self (archive footage)

Sidney Poitier

Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Canada Lee

Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)

Gertrude Jeannette

Self

Erik Barnouw

Self - broadcast historian

Harry Belafonte

Self