Pharrell Williams

Self

Jamie Foxx

Self

Patti LaBelle

Self

Smokey Robinson

Self

Angela Bassett

Self

James Brown

Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Self (archive footage)

Aretha Franklin

Self (archive footage)

Lauryn Hill

Self (archive footage)

Billie Holiday

Self (archive footage)

Eartha Kitt

Self (archive footage)

Gladys Knight

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Charles B. Rangel

Self

Leslie Uggams

Self

Roger Ross Williams

Co-Producer

Roger Ross Williams

Writer

Ken Pelletie

Executive Producer

Cassidy Hartmann

Producer

Carolyn Hepburn

Co-Executive Producer

Julie Goldman

Executive Producer

Laura Karpas

Assistant Editor

Jeanne Elfant Festa

Producer

Roger Ross Williams

Director

Dan Cogan

Executive Producer

Adrienne Collatos

Archival Footage Coordinator

Paula M. Froehle

Co-Executive Producer

Nicholas Ferrall

Executive Producer

Cassidy Hartmann

Writer

Steven H. Cohen

Co-Executive Producer

Michael Dwyer

Director of Photography

Jean Tsien

Editor

Jamie McBriety

Post Production Supervisor

Christopher Clements

Co-Executive Producer

Nigel Sinclair

Producer

G. Marq Roswell

Music Supervisor

Lisa Cortés

Producer

Danielle Dupre

Sound Re-Recording Assistant