Stevie Wonder character Self
Lin-Manuel Miranda character Self
Chris Rock character Self
Tony Lawrence character Self
Nina Simone character Self (archive footage)
B.B. King character Self (archive footage)
Abbey Lincoln character Self
Mavis Staples character Self
Mahalia Jackson character Self (archive footage)
David Ruffin character Self
Sly Stone character Self
Hugh Masekela character Self
John V. Lindsay character Self (archive footage)
Ray Barretto character Self
Herbie Mann character Self
Mongo Santamaría character Self
Questlove character Self (uncredited)
Luis Miranda character Self
Walter Cronkite character Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X character Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. character Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy character Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon character Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy character Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson character Self (archive footage)
Moms Mabley character Self (archive footage)
Max Roach character Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro character Self (archive footage)
Redd Foxx character Self (uncredited)
