Clarence Jones

Clayborne Carson

饰：Self - historian

Hunter Pitts O'Dell

饰：Self - National Maritime Union (1945-1960),(as Jack O'Dell)

Rachelle Horowitz

饰：Self - organizer, March on Washington

富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福

Franklin D. Roosevelt

饰：Himself

安娜·埃莉诺·罗斯福

Eleanor Roosevelt

饰：Herself

哈里·贝拉方特

Harry Belafonte

饰：Himself

丹泽尔·华盛顿

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.

饰：Narrator

马丁·路德·金

Martin Luther King

饰：Himself

安德鲁·杨

Andrew Young

饰：Himself, Martin Luther King, Jr.`s political advisor

Taylor Branch

Taylor Branch

饰：Himself, historian, non-fiction author

罗杰·穆德

Roger Mudd

饰：Himself, news reporter, CBS

约翰·肯尼迪

John F. Kennedy

饰：Self,(archive footage)

乔治·华莱士

George Wallace

饰：Self - governor of Alabama,(archive footage)

罗伯特·肯尼迪

Robert F. Kennedy

饰：Self,(archive footage)

David Garrow

饰：Self - historian

Joyce Ladner

饰：Self - organizer, March on Washington

马龙·白兰度

Marlon Brando

饰：Self,(archive footage)

Julian Bond

Julian Bond

饰：Self

詹姆斯·加纳

James Garner

饰：Self,(archive footage)

彼得·雅柔

Peter Yarrow

饰：Self

Marian Anderson

饰：Self,(archive footage)

鲍勃·迪伦

Bob Dylan

饰：Self,(archive footage)

伯特·兰卡斯特

Burt Lancaster

饰：Self,(archive footage)

马哈丽亚·杰克逊

Mahalia Jackson

饰：Self,(archive footage)

黛汉恩·卡罗尔

Diahann Carroll

饰：Self

Bayard Rustin

饰：Self,(archive footage)

Harris Wofford

饰：Self - John F. Kennedy administration's civil rights expert

约翰·刘易斯

John Lewis

饰：Self - chairman of the SNCC (1963-1966)

埃德加·胡佛

J. Edgar Hoover

饰：Self,(archive footage)

托尼·柯蒂斯

Bernard Schwartz

饰：Self,(archive footage)

查尔顿·赫斯顿

Charlton Heston

饰：Self,(archive footage)

弗兰克·斯尔维拉

Frank Silvera

饰：Self,(archive footage)

琼·贝兹

Joan Baez

饰：Self

Peter Paul & Mary

饰：Themselves,(archive footage)

Odetta

Odetta

饰：Self,(archive footage)

西德尼·波蒂埃

Sidney Poitier

饰：Self

奥普拉·温弗瑞

Oprah Winfrey

饰：Self

林登·贝恩斯·约翰逊

Lyndon Johnson

饰：Self,(archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson)