Ossie Davis

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archival footage)

as Self

as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Judge Buchanan

as Lorenzo DuFau

as Granddad

as Self

as Melvin Porter

as Self

as Narrator

as Himself

as Self

as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

as Narrator

as Jean-Jacques

as Narrator

as Julius (voice)

as Duncan Cox

as Yar (voice)

as Buck McHenry

as Narrator (voice)

as Caretaker

as Mordecai

as Mr. Parker

as Too Tall

as Self

as Alexander Billman

as Himself - Narrator

as Archer Dolittle

as Self

as Self

as Juror 2

as Self - Actor and Playwright

as Narrator

as Mr. Evers

as Narrator (voice)

as Self

as Midge Carter

as Jeremiah / 'Pop'

as Erasmus Jones

as Self

as Self / John R. Gills (voice)

as Terrence Minnerly

as Judge Harry Roosevelt

as Dr. Winston

as Uncle Phil

as Gabriel

as Erasmus Jones

as Various (voice)

as (voice)

as Harry Roosevelt

as Uncle Phil

as Judge Richard Farris

as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)

as Self

as Narrator

as Chuck

as Detective in Squad Room

as Narrator

as Parson Dick

as Grandfather

as Frederick Douglas (voice)

as Eulogy Performer (voice)

as Noah

as Self

as Reverend Purify

as Ponder Blue

as Marshall

as Self

as Da Mayor

as Oz Jackson

as Self - Harlem Resident

as Coach Odom

as Self

as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

as Capt. Harry Moradian

as Himself

as Raymond

as Narrator

as Dr. Sanders

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Chuffy Russell

as Blaine Whitfield

as Narrator

as Captain John Geiberger

as 'Dad' Jones

as Benjamin Banneker

as Self

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

as Dr. Fredericks

as Reed

as Ernest Motapo

as Elder Johnson

as Narrator

as Self (uncredited)

as Eulogy (voice)

as James Lucas

as Narrator

as Osmond Portifoy

as Luke

as Jed Hooker

as Charles Carter

as Ramon Borelle

as Kubani

as Joseph Lee

as Narrator

as Lt. Wagner

as Narrator

as Self

as Nelson Davis

as Frankie Morton

as Sgt. Dave Corbett

as Dave Corbett

as Jason King (archive footage)

as Jason King (archival footage)

as Jacko King

as Major Glenn Luke

as Capshaw

as Father Gillis

as John Ross

as Lt. Johnny Gaines

as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

as Narrator (voice)

as Nixie

as Officer Bond

as District Attorney

as Assistant District Attorney

as District Attorney Daniel Jackson

as Dangerfield Newby

as Sam Davis

as Self - Presenter

as Charles Carter

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

as John Brooks (uncredited)

as The Emperor Jones