Nat King Cole

W.C. Handy

Eartha Kitt

Gogo Germaine

Cab Calloway

Blade

Ella Fitzgerald

Singer

Mahalia Jackson

Bessie May

Ruby Dee

Elizabeth

Juano Hernández

Rev. Charles Handy

Teddy Buckner

Musician

Barney Bigard

Musician

George 'Red' Callender

Musician

Lee Young

Musician

George Washington

Musician

Billy Preston

Will Handy as a Boy

Pearl Bailey

Aunt Hagar

Allen Reisner