Cicely Tyson

as Self (archival footage)

as Miss Luma Lee Langston

as Alice

as Self - Guest

as Narrator

as Mrs. Hightower

as Self

as Self

as Hattie

as Ophelia Harkness

as Flo Avery

as Mrs. Watts

as Mama Kay

as Doris Jones

as Nana Mama

as Constantine Jefferson

as Ola

as Pearl

as Mother Hopkins

as Celine

as Myrtle

as Myrtle

as Gloria Dump

as Leona Edwards McCauley

as Self

as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)

as Cathedral

as Emily Lincoln

as Ondine Burdett

as Tante Lou

as Self

as Mama Flora

as Luvia

as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge

as Stephanie St. Clair

as Vesta Lotte Battle

as Maggie

as Guardian

as Jordan Roosevelt

as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst

as Abigail Peabody-Jackson

as Castralia

as Castalia

as Evangeline

as Sarah

as Dr. Randolph

as Sipsey

as Etta Mercer

as Ruthana Richardson

as Mrs. Browne

as Mrs. Browne

as Self - Guest

as Dr. Claire Dalton

as Muriel

as Janet Framm

as Carol Phillips

as Odessa

as Self

as Marva Collins

as Vivian Perry

as Elaine

as Harriet Ross Tubman

as Coretta Scott King

as Blanche Rudolph

as Sweets

as Binta

as Priscilla Simmons

as Self - Introducer

as Tylette

as Mattie Williams

as Self - Host

as Self - Presenter

as Self

as Jane Pittman

as Self

as Self

as Rebecca Morgan

as Mrs. Johnson

as Vicky Gunther

as Self

as Emma Teasley

as Self

as Betty Kelly

as Mildred Hermosa

as Portia Copeland

as Marie Therese

as Julie Anderson

as Alma Ross

as Claudia Ferguson

as Julie Harmon

as Lainey Harber

as Self

as Self

as Self - Co-Host

as Sister

as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)

as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)

as Darlene Knox

as Dottie

as Self - Host

as Self - Co-Host

as Self - Presenter

as Rachel Biggs

as Self

as Marva Collins

as Self - Presenter