Ellis Haizlip

Self (archival footage)

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)

Carmen De Lavallade

Self

Al Green

Self (archival footage)

Kathleen Cleaver

Self

Felipe Luciano

Self

Nikki Giovanni

Self