Eric Avila as Self - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara Banks as Self - Journalist

Herb Boyd as Self - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah Chase as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer Crew as Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter Edwards as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

Lolis Eric Elie as Self - Writer

Carolyn Finney as Self - Author

Kathleen Franz as Self - Author

Allyson Hobbs as Self - Professor of History, Stanford University

Kenneth Jackson as Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University

Jennifer Reut as Self - Architectural Historian

Fath Ruffins as Self - Smithsonian Curator

Thomas J. Sugrue as Self - Professor of History, NYU

Candacy Taylor as Self - Author

Christopher West as Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College

Craig Steven Wilder as Professor of History, MIT