Carlton Moss as Minister

William Broadus as Jim

Clarence Brooks as Chaplain

Norman Ford as Himself / Lt. Robert E. Bronson

Clyde Turner as Himself - Soloist in church

Bertha Woolford as Herself / Mrs. Bronson

George Washington Carver as Himself

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. as Himself

Jesse Owens as Himself

Gertrude Elise Ayer as Self (archive footage)

Richmond Barthé as Self (archive footage)

Erich Borchmeyer as Self (archive footage)

Dean Dixon as Self (archive footage)

W.C. Handy as Self (archive footage)

Matthew Henson as Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler as Self (archive footage)

Cornelius Johnson as Self (archive footage)

Henry Johnson as Self - WW1 Soldier (archive footage)