as Self (archival footage)

as Ms. Edna

as Self

as Self (archive footage)

as Nana Peeples

as Self

as Self

as Nana

as Nana

as June

as Therapist

as Sandra Jenkins

as Jane Burke

as (archive footage)

as Viveca Rae

as Grandma Ruth Thorne

as Self

as

as Queen La (voice)

as Maria Cole

as Eve Morton

as Aunt Ruthie

as Betty Hemings

as Betty Hemings

as Pouponne

as Jael

as Diahann Carroll

as Sadie Delany

as Mrs. Wilson

as Self

as Self

as Elzora

as Crow (voice)

as Narrator

as Grace Willis

as Lydia Bishop

as Diahann Carroll

as Grace Gibson

as Self

as Self

as Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Vernetta Chase

as Eleanor Potter

as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)

as Margo Stover

as Maggie

as Diahann Carroll

as Self

as Marion Gilbert

as Self

as

as Herself

as Self

as Herself - Narrator (voice)

as Carolyne Lovejoy

as Self

as Dominique Devereaux

as Self

as Vivian

as Zeona Haley

as Mermeia

as Self

as Roxy Blue

as Self

as

as Betty May

as Self

as Claudine Price

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (uncredited)

as Self - Singer

as Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy

as Julia Baker

as Self - Guest

as Self

as Vivian Thurlow

as Self

as Self

as Self - Singer

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self - Co-Host

as Self

as Connie Lampson

as Nightclub Singer

as Clara

as Self

as Ruby Jay

as

as Self

as Self

as Self - Guest

as Self - Singer

as Self - Performer

as Self - Presenter/Performer

as Self - Presenter

as Self - Host

as Self - Co-Host

as Myrt

as Self

as

as Self

as

as Self

as Self

as Self - Mystery Guest

as Self - Singer

as Self

as Self - Nominee

as Self - Presenter