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