Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self

Chris Rock

Self

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self

Mavis Staples

Self

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Sly Stone

Self

Hugh Masekela

Self

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto

Self

Questlove

Self (uncredited)

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Self

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)

Moms Mabley

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Self (uncredited)