 Ossie DavisNarrator | Narrator |
| GGeorge JohnsonSelf (archive sound) | Self (archive sound) |
 Lorenzo TuckerSelf (archive sound) | Self (archive sound) |
| LLucia Lynn MosesSelf (archive sound) | Self (archive sound) |
 Fredi WashingtonSelf (archive sound) | Self (archive sound) |
| HHenry ArmstrongSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Leslie BanksSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Clarence BrooksSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Walter ConnollySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Miriam CooperSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Dudley DiggesSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Marcus GarveySelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Lillian GishSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| JJack JohnsonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Noble JohnsonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Walter LongSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 William LundiganSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Mae MarshSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Clarence MuseSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| WWilliam E. PettusSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| BBud PollardSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Paul RobesonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Henry B. WalthallSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ethel WatersSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Bert WilliamsSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Spencer WilliamsSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |