Ossie Davis

as Archer Dolittle

as Yar (voice)

as Da Mayor

as Eulogy Performer (voice)

as Harry Roosevelt

as Melvin Porter

as Chuck

as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

as Marshall

as Judge Richard Farris

as Sam Davis

as Juror 2

as Noah

as Terrence Minnerly

as Reverend Purify

as Jacko King

as Mr. Parker

as Gabriel

as Detective in Squad Room

as Ramon Borelle

as Judge Buchanan

as Joseph Lee

as Coach Odom

as John Brooks (uncredited)

as Jeremiah / 'Pop'

as Raymond

Role: Director

as Lt. Johnny Gaines

as Granddad

as Capt. Harry Moradian

as Self - Actor and Playwright

as Father Gillis

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Self - Harlem Resident

as Various (voice)

as 'Dad' Jones

as Jed Hooker

as Midge Carter

as Self (archive footage)

as Too Tall

as Osmond Portifoy

as Elder Johnson

as Self

as Mr. Evers

as Parson Dick

as Self (uncredited)

as Major Glenn Luke

as Captain John Geiberger

as Self

as Nelson Davis

as Eulogy (voice)

as Ponder Blue

as Himself

as Kubani

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

as Jean-Jacques

as Mordecai

as Narrator (voice)

as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

as Nixie

Role: Director

as Lorenzo DuFau

as Narrator

as Grandfather

as Oz Jackson

as Reed

as Luke

as Self

as Capshaw

as Charles Carter

as Self

Role: Writer

as Dr. Winston

as Caretaker

as Alexander Billman

as James Lucas

as Self

as Frankie Morton

as Judge Harry Roosevelt

as Dr. Sanders

as Chuffy Russell

as The Emperor Jones

Role: Writer

as Self

as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

as Self

as Narrator (voice)

Role: Director

Role: Musical

as Self

as Lt. Wagner

as Blaine Whitfield

as Self

as Self

as Narrator

as Narrator

as Buck McHenry

as Duncan Cox

as Dr. Fredericks

as Charles Carter

as Narrator

as Ernest Motapo

as Himself

as Julius (voice)

as Self

as Uncle Phil

as Uncle Phil

as Self

as John Ross

as Narrator

Role: Writer

as Narrator

as Dangerfield Newby

as Self

as Narrator

as Self

as Self

as Narrator

as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Self - Presenter

Role: Writer