Chris Rock

Self - Artist

Questlove

Self (uncredited)

Davis Guggenheim

Executive Producer

Walter Cronkite

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)

Jody Allen

Executive Producer

Richard Nixon

Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)

Jon Kamen

Executive Producer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self - Activist (archive footage)

Stevie Wonder

Self

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Self - Artist

Jeffrey Lurie

Executive Producer

Jonathan Silberberg

Executive Producer

Nicole Stott

Executive Producer

Laurene Powell Jobs

Executive Producer

Tony Lawrence

Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)

Nina Simone

Self (archive footage)

B.B. King

Self (archive footage)

Abbey Lincoln

Self (archive footage)

Mavis Staples

Self - Singer (archive footage) (voice)

Mahalia Jackson

Self (archive footage)

David Ruffin

Self

Sly Stone

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Hugh Masekela

Self (archive footage)

John V. Lindsay

Self (archive footage)

Ray Barretto

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Herbie Mann

Self (archive footage)

Mongo Santamaría

Self - Performer (archive footage)

Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Self - Civic Leader

Malcolm X

Self - Activist (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage)

Rocky Collins

Executive Producer

Jen Isaacson

Executive Producer

Ruth Johnston

Executive Producer

Jannat Gargi

Executive Producer

Beth Hubbard

Executive Producer

Dave Sirulnick

Executive Producer