Ossie Davis

Narrator

George Johnson

Self (archive sound)

Lorenzo Tucker

Self (archive sound)

Lucia Lynn Moses

Self (archive sound)

Fredi Washington

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Henry Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker

Self (archive footage)

Leslie Banks

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Clarence Brooks

Self (archive footage)

Cab Calloway

Self (archive footage)

Walter Connolly

Self (archive footage)

Miriam Cooper

Self (archive footage)

Dudley Digges

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Marcus Garvey

Self (archive footage)

Lillian Gish

Self (archive footage)

Jack Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Noble Johnson

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Walter Long

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William Lundigan

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Mae Marsh

Self (archive footage)

Clarence Muse

Self (archive footage)

William E. Pettus

Self (archive footage)

Bud Pollard

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Paul Robeson

Self (archive footage)

Henry B. Walthall

Self (archive footage)

Ethel Waters

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Bert Williams

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Spencer Williams

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