| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Adam Del Deo | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Angus Wall | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Craig Henighan | Crew | Sound | Sound Mixer |
 David Oyelowo | Crew | Crew | Thanks |
Jeffrey Perkins | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Julie Pearce | Crew | Sound | Music Editor |
Kira Kelly | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Lise Richardson | Crew | Sound | Music Editor |
 Oprah Winfrey | Crew | Crew | Thanks |
 Ava DuVernay | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Writer |
Lisa Nishimura | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Spencer Averick | Crew | Writing | Writer, Editor, Producer |
 Karriem Riggins | Crew | Sound | Musician |
 Hans Charles | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Jason Moran | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Howard Barish | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Angela Davis | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Bernie Sanders | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Bill Clinton | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 David Dinkins | Cast | Actor | Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D) |
 Donald Trump | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George H. W. Bush | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George W. Bush | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gerald Ford | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Gina Clayton | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Hillary Clinton | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Jimmy Carter | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Lyndon B. Johnson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Malcolm X | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Martin Luther King Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Michael Dukakis | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Nancy Reagan | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Richard Nixon | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ronald Reagan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Assata Shakur | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Barack Obama | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Cory Booker | Cast | Actor | Self - U.S. Senator (D) New Jersey |
 Michelle Alexander | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Van Jones | Cast | Actor | Self |
Bryan Stevenson | Cast | Self | |
 Jelani Cobb | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Marie Gottschalk | Cast | Actress | Self |
John Hagan | Cast | Self | |
David Keene | Cast | Self | |
James Kilgore | Cast | Self | |
Nicholas Turner | Cast | Self | |
 Michael Hough | Cast | Actor | Self |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
