Stevie Wonder
Self
Acting
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Self - Artist
Acting
Chris Rock
Self - Artist
Acting
Tony Lawrence
Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)
Acting
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
Acting
B.B. King
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Abbey Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Mavis Staples
Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)
Acting
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Acting
David Ruffin
Self
Acting
Sly Stone
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Acting
Hugh Masekela
Self (archive footage)
Acting
John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Ray Barretto
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Acting
Herbie Mann
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Mongo Santamaría
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Acting
Questlove
Self (uncredited)
Acting
Luis A. Miranda Jr.
Self - Civic Leader
Acting
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Acting
Malcolm X
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Acting
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Acting
Robert F. Kennedy
Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)
Acting
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
Acting
John F. Kennedy
Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)
Acting
Jesse Jackson
Self
Acting
Moms Mabley
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Max Roach
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Redd Foxx
Self - Comedian & Actor (archive footage)
Acting
Dorinda Drake
Self - Festival Attendee
Acting
Barbara Bland-Acosta
Self - Festival Attendee
Acting
Darryl Lewis
Self - Festival Attendee
Acting
Gladys Knight
Self - Musician
Acting
Dinah Shore
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Buzz Aldrin
Self (archive sound)
Acting
Al Sharpton
Self - Minister & Activist
Acting
Marilyn McCoo
Self - The 5th Dimension
Acting
Sheila E.
Self - Musician
Acting
Berry Gordy
Self - Founder of Motown Records (archive footage)
Production
Neil Armstrong
Self (archive sound)
Acting
George Kirby
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Willie Tyler
Self - Ventriloquist (archive footage)
Acting
Billy Davis Jr.
Self - The 5th Dimension
Acting
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Acting
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Acting
Harry Reasoner
Self (archive footage)
Acting
Selema Masekela
Self - Son of Hugh Masekela
Acting
Edwin Hawkins
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Acting
Kwame Ture
Self - Activist (archive footage)
Acting
Bones Howe
Self - Music Producer (archive footage)
Production
Greg Errico
Self - Drummer, Sly & the Family Stone
Acting
Roy Ayers
Self
Sound
Musa Jackson
Self - Festival Attendee
Acting
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self - Former Reporter, The New York Times
Acting
Cholly Atkins
Self - Choreographer for Motown (archive footage)
Acting