Ruby Dee

as Mama Lucas

as Mother Sister

as Annie McCall

as Mary Wilson

as Evangeline Ferguson

as Female

as Mother Abagail Freemantle

as Margo

as Mammy Watkins

as Lucinda Purify

as LaBelle Springbelt

as Hortence

as Rachel

as Ruth Younger

as Connie Brooks (uncredited)

as Joan Robinson

as Self

as Ruth

as Lucy Tyler

as Laura Smith

as Self - Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Rachel

as Nanny

as Queen Haley

as Corrine Dart

as Self

as Rae Robinson

as Self - Guest

as Valerie

as Laurie

as Thief

as Narrator

as Faye Williams

as Elsie Claviere

as Narrator

as Self (archive footage)

as Maude

as Netta's mother

as Catherine Collins

as Elizabeth Keckley

as Grandma (voice)

as Rowena

as Grandmother Baxter

as Christine

as Mrs. Grimes

as Lydia Wilson

as Sophia

as Self

as Rowena Finch

as Self

as Mrs. Grimes

as Doris

as Miss Candy

as Elizabeth

as Sue Ann Lucas

as Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

as Ms. Ella

as Vicky Kingsbury

as Nanna Maria

as Ruth Campanella

as Grandmother

as Mommit Porter

as Jackie's Mother

as Irma Jackson

as Jennie

as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

as Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

as Indigo

as Herself

as Narrator (voice)

as Self (archive footage)

as Ruth

as Narrator (voice)

as (archive footage)

as Mrs. Harper

as Self (archive footage)

as Emelda West

as Irene Whitfield

as Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

as Self

as Estelle Williams

as Narrator (voice)

as Mrs. Henry

as Self

as Joan

as Lucinda

as Mary Tyrone

as Leah Matanzima

as Grandmother (voice)

as Zora Neale Hurston

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Drugstore Girl

as Self

as Harriet Tubman

as Narrator

as Narrator

as Julia Augustine

as Self

as Self

as Self (archive footage)

Role: Vocals