Cast (29)
Ossie DavisNarratorGeorge JohnsonSelf (archive sound)
Lorenzo TuckerSelf (archive sound)Lucia Lynn MosesSelf (archive sound)
Fredi WashingtonSelf (archive sound)Henry ArmstrongSelf (archive footage)
Josephine BakerSelf (archive footage)
Leslie BanksSelf (archive footage)
Clarence BrooksSelf (archive footage)
Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)
Walter ConnollySelf (archive footage)
Miriam CooperSelf (archive footage)
Dudley DiggesSelf (archive footage)
Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
Marcus GarveySelf (archive footage)
Lillian GishSelf (archive footage)Jack JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Noble JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
Walter LongSelf (archive footage)
William LundiganSelf (archive footage)
Mae MarshSelf (archive footage)
Clarence MuseSelf (archive footage)William E. PettusSelf (archive footage)Bud PollardSelf (archive footage)
Paul RobesonSelf (archive footage)
Henry B. WalthallSelf (archive footage)
Ethel WatersSelf (archive footage)
Bert WilliamsSelf (archive footage)
Spencer WilliamsSelf (archive footage)