Muhammad Ali

Gideon Jackson

Kris Kristofferson

Abner Lait

Ron O'Neal

Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann

Stephen Holmes

John McLiam

President Ulysses S. Grant

Ossie Davis

Narrator

Barbara O. Jones

Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

Sonny Jim Gaines

Brother Peter

Joel Fluellen

James Allenby

Jean Foster

Ellen Allenby

Grace Zabriskie

Ruth Lait

Bill Mackey

Trooper

Earl D.A. Smith

Hannibal

Alfre Woodard

Katie

Fred Covington

Sheriff Bentley

Sonny Shroyer

Jason Hugar

Ernest Dixon

Marion Jefferson

Sylvia Kuumba Williams

Louise Jefferson

Tom Delaney

Will Boone

Ron Gural

Frank Carlson

William Allen Young

Older Jeff Jackson

Tony Ross

Young Jeff Jackson

Eric Washington

Older Marcus Jackson

Rodney King Adams

Young Marcus Jackson

Howard Brunner

Lawyer Greene

Howland Chamberlain

Isaac Went

Georgia Allen

Mrs. Carter

James Bowman

1st White Trash Delegate

Don Brady

2nd White Trash Delegate

Robert Bloodworth

Major at Convention

Barbara Chaney

Mrs. Ganfret

Stuart Culpepper

Major Walsh

Lionel Ferbis Jr.

Uncle Baddy

Peter Gabb

3rd White Trash Delegate

Ian Graham

Jimmy Lait

Jerome Greene

Black Delegate

Bill Holliday

Yankee Boss

Don Hood

Gen. Ganfret

Maurice Hunt

Dudley Carwell

Don Lutenbacher

Convention Speaker

Ritchie Montgomery

Soldier

Danny Nelson

Auctioneer

Afemo Omilami

Young Black Man with Scars

Courtney Pledger

Mrs. Dupre

David Robbins

Wounded Redshirt

Jeremiah Shabazz

Well-Dressed Black Delegate

Gregory White

Clair Willis

Bob Zay

Roger Dupre