ATORES
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Self - Professor of History, Harvard University - Jelani Favors
Self - Frye Distinguished Professor, N.C. A&T - Earl Lewis
Self - University of Michigan - Tiffany Gill
Self - Rutgers University - Angela Davis
Self (archive footage) - Brittney Cooper
Self - Imani Perry
Self - Princeton University - Jason King
Self - Audrey Schmaltz
CEO Ground Crew - Michael L. Lomax
Self - President & CEO United Negro College Fund - Nathan Connolly
Self - John Hopkins University - Ashley Farmer
Self - University of Texas at Austin - Allissa Richardson
Self - University of Southern California - Davarian L. Baldwin
Self - Professor of American Studies, Trinity Coll - Dana Williams
Self - Howard University - Mark Whitaker
Author - James D. Anderson
Self - University of Illinois - Joe Trotter
Self - Carnegie Mellon University - Deborah Willis
Self - Shennette Garrett-Scott
Self - Texas A&M University - Gabrielle Foreman
Self - Pennsylvania State University - Elizabeth McHenry
Self - New York University - Tera W. Hunter
Self - Princeton University - Robyn C. Spencer
Self - Lehman College - Quincy T. Mills
Self - University of Maryland College Park - Marybeth Gasman
Self - Rutgers University - Rob Fields
Self - Weeksville Heritage Center Director - Nikki Taylor
Self - Howard University