
Don Cheadle
Narrator (voice)
Acting

Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.
self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage)
Acting

Robert Hooks
self - actor and producer
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Chuck Brown
self - musician and former cell mate of Petey Greene
Acting
![Marion Barry]()
Marion Barry
self - former mayor of Washington, DC
Acting
![Ralph Greene Sr.]()
Ralph Greene Sr.
self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)
Acting
![Maggie Floyd]()
Maggie Floyd
self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)
Acting
![Dewey Hughes]()
Dewey Hughes
self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager
Acting
![Roach Brown]()
Roach Brown
self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton Penitentiary
Acting
![Frank Smith, Jr.]()
Frank Smith, Jr.
self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.
Acting
![Clarence Greene]()
Clarence Greene
self - Petey Greene's brother
Acting
![Ernie Barnes]()
Ernie Barnes
self - Artiste
Acting
![Virginia Ali]()
Virginia Ali
self - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl
Acting
![Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis]()
Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis
self - President, Southeastern University
Acting
![Sandra Butler]()
Sandra Butler
self - retired tv executive
Acting

Martin Luther King Jr.
self - archival footage
Acting

Sugar Ray Leonard
self - boxing legend
Acting

James Brown
self - sportscaster
Acting
![Alfred Liggins, III]()
Alfred Liggins, III
self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One
Acting
![Petra Greene]()
Petra Greene
self - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage)
Acting
![Ralph Waldo Greene, III]()
Ralph Waldo Greene, III
self - Petey Greene's son (archive footage)
Acting
![Sister Claudette Muhammad]()
Sister Claudette Muhammad
self - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam
Acting
![Madeline Petty]()
Madeline Petty
self - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing
Acting

Donna Brazile
self - Mobilization Chairman, March on Washington
Acting
![Dana Jones]()
Dana Jones
self - CEO, United Planning Organization
Acting

Midge Costanza
self - Special Assistant to President Carter
Acting