Characters played by Samuel L. Jackson
Narration
Characters played by James Baldwin
Self
Characters played by Martin Luther King
Self
Characters played by Malcolm X
Self
Characters played by Medgar Evers
Self
Characters played by Robert F. Kennedy
Self
Characters played by Harry Belafonte
Self
Characters played by Paul Weiss
Self
Characters played by Dick Cavett
Self
Characters played by H. Rap Brown
Self - Black Panther Party
Characters played by Bob Dylan
Self
Characters played by Leander Perez
Self - White Citizens Council
Characters played by Sidney Poitier
Various Roles
Characters played by Ray Charles
Self
Characters played by Doris Day
Various Roles
Characters played by Gary Cooper
Frank Flannagan
Characters played by Tony Curtis
John 'Joker' Jackson
Characters played by Clinton Rosemond
Tump Redwine (clip from They Won't Forget (1937))
Characters played by Joan Crawford
Bonnie
Characters played by Rod Steiger
Gillespie
Characters played by Richard Widmark
Ray Biddle
Characters played by Fay Wray
Ann Darrow
Characters played by Marlon Brando
Self
Characters played by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Self
Characters played by Charlton Heston
Self
Characters played by Michelle Obama
Self
Characters played by Willie Best
Exodus (clip from The Monster Walks (1932))
Characters played by George W. Bush
Self
Characters played by Kenneth Clark
Self (clip from The Negro and the American Promise (1963))
Characters played by Tristao Darius
Self
Characters played by Stepin Fetchit
Richard (clip from I Ain't Gonna Open That Door (1947))
Characters played by Lorraine Hansberry
Self
Characters played by Shumerria Harris
Self
Characters played by Audrey Hepburn
Ariane Chavasse
Characters played by J. Edgar Hoover
Self - Head of the FBI
Characters played by JoeyStarr
Narrator french version
Characters played by Coretta Scott King
Self
Characters played by Rodney King
Self
Characters played by Barack Obama
Self
Characters played by Macc Plaise
Self (Portraits)
Characters played by Cathy Salvodon
Self
Characters played by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Self
Characters played by John Wayne
Ringo Kid
Characters played by Billy Dee Williams
Self
Characters played by George Bancroft
Marshal Curley Wilcox (clip from Stagecoach (1939))
Characters played by Louise Beavers
Delilah Johnson (clip from Imitation of Life (1934))
Characters played by Dorothy Black
Peola Johnson age 10 (clip from Imitation of Life (1934))
Characters played by Earl Bostic
Self (clip from I Ain't Gonna Open That Door (1947))
Characters played by Sidney Bracey
Herbert Wilkes (clip from The Monster Walks (1932))
Characters played by Godfrey Cambridge
Self (clip from Chiquita Banana commercial)
Characters played by John Carradine
Hatfield (clip from Stagecoach (1939))
Characters played by Linda Darnell
Edie Johnson (clip from No Way Out (1950))
Characters played by Norma Drew
Teacher (clip from Imitation of Life (1934))
Characters played by Carol Haney
Gladys Hotchkiss (clip from The Pajama Game (1957))
Characters played by Arte Johnson
Self (clip from The Gong Show (1976))
Characters played by Noble Johnson
Native Chief (clip from King Kong (1933))
Characters played by James B. Lowe
Uncle Tom (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))
Characters played by Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger (clip from A Raisin in the Sun (1961))
Characters played by Thomas Mitchell
Doc Josiah Boone (clip from Stagecoach (1939))
Characters played by Jack Mower
Mr. Shelby (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))
Characters played by Gene Nelson
Tom Farnham (clip from Lullaby of Broadway (1951))
Characters played by Vivien Oakland
Mrs. Shelby (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))
Characters played by Louise Platt
Mrs. Lucy Mallory (clip from Stagecoach (1939))
Characters played by S.Z. Sakall
Adolph Hubbell (clip from Lullaby of Broadway (1951))
Characters played by Isabel Sanford
Tillie (clip from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967))
Characters played by George Siegmann
Simon Legree (clip from Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927))
Characters played by Claire Trevor
Dallas
Characters played by Lester Vail
Bob (clip from Dance
Fools
Dance (1931))