| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brian Grazer | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Ron Howard | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Sara Bernstein | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Terence Blanchard | Crew | Sound | Music |
 Jason Pollard | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Justin Wilkes | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Sacha Jenkins | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer |
Julie Anderson | Crew | Production | Producer |
Michele Anthony | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
David Blackman | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Ed Lachman | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Al Capone | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Archie Shepp | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 Barbra Streisand | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Bing Crosby | Cast | Actor | Self - C.K Dexter-Haven (archive footage) |
 Danny Baker | Cast | Actor | Self- Voice |
 Dick Cavett | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dwight D. Eisenhower | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Harrison | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Jones | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 James Baldwin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 James Brown | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 James Stewart | Cast | Actor | Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage) |
 Jimi Hendrix | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 John F. Kennedy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 John Lennon | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Leonard Bernstein | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Louis Armstrong | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Martin Luther King Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Mike Douglas | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Miles Davis | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 Nas | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Orson Welles | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ossie Davis | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Paul McCartney | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ray Charles | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ringo Starr | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Sammy Davis Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Slim Thompson | Cast | Self (voice) (archive sound) | |
 Steve Allen | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 Walter Cronkite | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 Wynton Marsalis | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Ed Sullivan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Count Basie | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
 Sam Cooke | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Jelly Roll Morton | Cast | Actor | Self (voice) (archive sound) |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
