Jelani Cobb as Self

Angela Davis as Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Self

Michelle Alexander as Self

Cory Booker as Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey

Marie Gottschalk as Self

Michael Hough as Self

Gina Clayton as Self

David Keene as Self

James Kilgore as Self

Bryan Stevenson as Self

Nicholas Turner as Self

John Hagan as Self

Van Jones as Self

Barack Obama as Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter as Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon as Self (archive footage)

Nancy Reagan as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford as Self (archive footage)

Michael Dukakis as Self (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders as Self (archive footage)

David Dinkins as Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)

Assata Shakur as Self (archive footage)