Jelani Cobb

Self

Angela Davis

Self

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Self

Michelle Alexander

Self

Cory Booker

Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey

Marie Gottschalk

Self

Michael Hough

Self

Gina Clayton

Self

David Keene

Self

James Kilgore

Self

Bryan Stevenson

Self

Nicholas Turner

Self

John Hagan

Self

Van Jones

Self

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Gerald Ford

Self (archive footage)

Michael Dukakis

Self (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders

Self (archive footage)

David Dinkins

Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)

Assata Shakur

Self (archive footage)

Ava DuVernay

Director

Hans Charles

Director of Photography

Spencer Averick

Writer

Ava DuVernay

Writer

Kira Kelly

Director of Photography

Spencer Averick

Editor

Ava DuVernay

Producer

Spencer Averick

Producer

Lise Richardson

Music Editor

Jeffrey Perkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Julie Pearce

Music Editor

Adam Del Deo

Executive Producer

Craig Henighan

Sound Mixer

David Oyelowo

Thanks

Oprah Winfrey

Thanks

Lisa Nishimura

Executive Producer

Angus Wall

Executive Producer

Karriem Riggins

Musician

Jason Moran

Original Music Composer

Howard Barish

Producer