Sidney Poitier
Self (archival footage)
Blair Underwood
Voice of Ellis Haizlip
Harry Belafonte
Self
Patti LaBelle
Self (archival footage)
Stevie Wonder
Self (archival footage)
Gladys Knight
Self (archival footage)
Questlove
Self
Novella Nelson
Self
Maya Angelou
Self (archival footage)
Bill Withers
Self (archival footage)
Stan Lathan
Self
James Baldwin
Self (archival footage)
Al Green
Self (archival footage)
Kathleen Cleaver
Self
Ellis Haizlip
Self (archival footage)
Carmen De Lavallade
Self
Felipe Luciano
Self
Nikki Giovanni
Self