Kathleen Cleaver

Character: Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Julian Bond

Character: Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]

Jamal Joseph

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Blair Anderson

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Omar Barbour

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Elaine Brown

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Scot Brown

Character: Self - Historian

William Calhoun

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Clayborne Carson

Character: Self - Historian

Eldridge Cleaver

Character: Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Dennis Cunningham

Character: Self - Attorney

Emory Douglas

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Flores Forbes

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Sherwin Forte

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Ronald Freeman

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Roland Freeman

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Beverly Gage

Character: Self - Historian

Ray Gaul

Character: Self - Oakland Police Department

Jeff Haas

Character: Self - Attorney

Fred Hampton

Character: Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

Edward Hanrahan

Character: Self - State's Attorney (archive footage) (as Edward V. Hanrahan)

Elbert Howard

Character: Self - Black Panther Party (as Elbert 'Big Man' Howard)

Ericka Huggins

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Phyllis Jackson

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Deborah Johnson

Character: Self - Black Panther Party (as Akua Njeri [Deborah Johnson])

Mike Klonsky

Character: Self - Students for a Democratic Society [SDS]

Mark Kurlansky

Character: Self - Writer

Bob Lee

Character: Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)

David Lemieux

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Tarika Lewis

Character: Self - Black Panther Party

Felipe Luciano

Character: Self - Young Lords

Ron McCarthy

Character: Self - Los Angeles Police Department