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