Morgan Freeman
Self
Acting
Rosetta LeNoire
Self
Acting
Dick Campbell
Self
Acting
Frederick O'Neal
Self
Acting
Ossie Davis
Self
Acting
Paul Robeson
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Joseph Wershba
Self
Acting
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Jackie Robinson
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Hazel Scott
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Adam Clayton Powell III
Self - son of Hazel Scott
Acting
Sidney Poitier
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Acting
Canada Lee
Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)
Acting
Gertrude Jeannette
Self
Acting
Erik Barnouw
Self - broadcast historian
Writing
Gregory Abbott
Newsreel Narrator (voice) (archive sound)
Acting
Harry Belafonte
Self
Acting