Samuel L. Jackson as Narrator (voice)

James Baldwin as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)

Medgar Evers as Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)

Harry Belafonte as Self (archive footage)

Paul Weiss as Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)

H. Rap Brown as Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Bob Dylan as Self (archive footage)

Leander Perez as Self - White Citizens Council (archive footage)

Sidney Poitier as Various Roles (archive footage)

Ray Charles as Self (archive footage)