Pharrell Williams
Self
Jamie Foxx
Self
Patti LaBelle
Self
Smokey Robinson
Self
Angela Bassett
Self
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
Redd Foxx
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin
Self (archive footage)
Lauryn Hill
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Eartha Kitt
Self (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X
Self (archive footage)
Charles B. Rangel
Self
Leslie Uggams
Self