Charles S. Dutton

as Cop (uncredited)

as Rodney Foreman

as Dillon

as Detective Granger

as Tony Cole

as Ken Karsch

as Officer Wilmore

as Ozzie Walls

as Percy Walker

as Douglas Grey

as Leonard

as Leroy Brown

as Reggie

as Mr. Butler

as Professor Alvah Case

as Benjamin Bradshaw

as Hucy

as Fortune

as Talmadge Neville

as Dom

as Detective Hendricks

as Pastor Damon

as Captain Jonas Cutter

as FBI Director Tom Franklin

as Lieutenant Pearson

as Panther

as Alcee

as Mr. James Dowd

as Cookie (voice)

as Roger Vaughn

as Elijah Hawkins

as Detective Fales

as William Thomas

as Ford

as Willie 'Pops' Davis

as Chet Collins

as Cole

as Sergeant Sandy

as Sam Chapman

as Willis Richland

as Elijah Sanborn

as Jake, Veteran Encounter Group Leader

as Felix Reynolds

as William 'Pa' Rainey

as Rothmiller

as Detective Margolis

as Leonard Marshall

as John Henry Reese (uncredited)

as Tyrone Williams

as Harris

as J.T. Baylock

as George

Role: Director

as Mayor Jacobs

as Abmennet

as Father Mickle

as Rev. Thomas Carver

as Maceo

as Mayor Bruce Lincoln

as Reverend Davidson

as Cofield

as Josiah

as Reverend Sanders

as Walter Shell

as Reverend Willie Taylor

as Chief Charles Moose

as John Kumalo

as Self

as Inmate (uncredited)

as Self

as Dizzy Gillespie

as George

as Admiral Randolf Hennings

as Charles Williams

as Roc Emerson

as Coach James

as Ol' George (voice)

as Sydney Washington

as Asst. District Attorney

as Milton Webster

as Othell

as Boy Willie

as Carl's Father

as Howlin' Wolf

as Jacob Doyle

as The Mayor

as Jim Conley

as Cop

as Self

as Lt. Stack

as John Thomas

as White

as Emmett

Role: Executive Producer

as Charles Silvera

as Narrator

as Dr. Eldon James

as Lou

as Ralph Colby

as Alberic

as Reverend Willie Taylor

as Self

as Boy Willie (segment "The Piano Lesson")

as Self