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