Cast
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Eartha Kitt
Self (archive footage)
John Landis
Self
Terry Lewis
Self
Fats Waller
Self (archive footage)
Rubberneck Holmes
Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Dandridge
Self (archive footage)
Nelson George
Self
Tina Turner
Self (archive footage)
Vanessa Williams
Self - Host
Tisha Campbell
Self
The Notorious B.I.G.
Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Reginald Hudlin
Self
Jimmy Jam
Self
Stan Lathan
Self
Alan Parker
Self
Otis Redding
Self (archive footage)
Dr. Dre
Self
A.J. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Harold Nicholas
Self (archive footage)
Spike Lee
Self
Little Richard
Self
Rah Digga
Self
Billy Eckstine
Self (archive footage)
Quincy Jones
Self
Busta Rhymes
Self
Carl Anderson
Self
Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)
Suzzanne Douglas
Self
Gregory Hines
Self
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Ice-T
Self
Smokey Robinson
Self
Bessie Smith
Self (archive footage)
Diana Ross
Self (archive footage)
Berry Gordy
Self
Fayard Nicholas
Self
Whitney Houston
Self
Jamie Foxx
Self
Lena Horne
Self (archive footage)
Kyme
Rachel Meadows (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Snoop Dogg
Self
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
Self (archive footage)
Russell Simmons
Self
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin
Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)
LL Cool J
Self (archive footage)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Self (archive footage)
Debbie Allen
Self
Jasmine Guy
Self
Christopher Reid
Self (archive footage)
Donald Bogle
Self
Billy Dee Williams
Self