Eriq La Salle as Bruford Jamison Jr

Vondie Curtis-Hall as Rocky Seavers

Ving Rhames as Garvey

Kasi Lemmons as June Vanderpool

Leonard L. Thomas as XB

Nicole Powell as Lenora Jamison

Eric Payne as Stokely

Crystal R. Fox as Zora

Vanessa Williams as Mali

Michael Ralph as Trevor

Maggie Rush as Detective Atkins

Afemo Omilami as Berl (Flip) Mangum

Spike Lee as Himself

Kim Hawthorne as Harriet

Billy 'Sly' Williams as Huey

Afemo Omilami as Flip

Paula Kelly as Aunt Tilly

Charles Brown as Uncle Otha

Iris Little Thomas as Desiree

Tico Wells as Fat Money

Ray Aranha as Bruford Jamison Sr.

Fran Carter as Lucy Jamison

Charles Weldon as Uncle Omar

Roderick Garr as Rosette

Charnele Brown as Kyra

Mark David Kennerly as Chris

Dwania Kyles as Janet

Michael H. Moss as Griggs

Bruce Taylor as Sweeney

Arthur French as Vernon Dobbs

Ernest Dixon as Councilman Jenkins

Sharlene Ross as Aishala Ibo

Jay McMillan as Rev. Beekins

Maggie Rush as Det. Atkins

Tim Hutchinson as Det. Johnson

Ellis Williams as Frankman

Ed Wheeler as Counterman

William Allen Young as George Truelove

John Lawhorn as Mack

Marguerite Hannah as Bimbo

Bill Griffith as Jenkins' Cohort

Michelle Benjamin Cooper as Truelove's Secretary

John Jordan as Bubba

Joe Bryant as Aishala's Boy

Joanna Maddox as Interviewer

Gloretta L. Wilson as Shantequa

Marilyn Sue Perry as Choirgirl

Quincy Rene Dickerson as Mumbling Jack Girl

Mark Batson as Mumbling Jack Rapper