In poche parole

Barack Obama

Himself (archive footage) / Himself - First Black President (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Estelle Caswell

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Bill Clinton

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

George H.W. Bush

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage)

Kate Middleton

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Nelson Mandela

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Prince William

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Samira Wiley

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Aasif Mandvi

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Abraham Lincoln

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Alain Leroy Locke

Himself - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage) / Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage)

Alan Greenspan

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Anderson Cooper

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Andrew Carnegie

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Bessie Coleman

Herself - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage) / Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage)

Beth Jacobson

Herself - Foreclosure Specialist / Self - Foreclosure Specialist

Brian Williams

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Carly Rae Jepsen

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Christian Slater

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Coleman Lowndes

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Colin Powell

Himself - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage) / Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Cory Booker

Himself - U.S. Senator / Self - U.S. Senator

Dennis Kucinich

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Dick Costolo

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

DJ Tukutz

Himself / Self

Don Lemon

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Edward A. Bouchet

Himself - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage) / Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage)

Edwin M. Stanton

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Warren

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Francis Collins

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

George Stephanopoulos

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Grace Kelly

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Hank Greely

Himself - Law Professor / Self - Law Professor

Hattie McDaniel

Herself - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage) / Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Herself / Self

Hiram Revels

Himself - First Black Senator (archive footage) / Self - First Black Senator (archive footage)

Jackie Robinson

Himself - First Black MLB Player (archive footage) / Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage)

James Baldwin

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Jay-Z

Himself (voice) / Self (voice)

Jennifer Doudna

Herself - CRISPR Pioneer / Self - CRISPR Pioneer

Jeon Jung-kook

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Jerry Springer

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Jesse Jackson

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Jesse Owens

Himself - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage) / Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage)

John D. Rockefeller

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

John Evans

Himself - Sociologist / Self - Sociologist

John Franklin Stephens

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

John Maynard Keynes

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Joseph Rainey

Himself - First Black Congressperson (archive footage) / Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage)

Joss Fong

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Jung Ho-seok

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Keith Morrison

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Kevin Smith

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Kim Dae-jung

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Kim Tae-hyung

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Kirsten Gillibrand

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Kristen Bell

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Kyle MacLachlan

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Lee Soo-man

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

LeVar Burton

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Malcolm X

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Maria Bello

Narrator (voice)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Mehrsa Baradaran

Herself - Author / Self - Author

Michelle Obama

Herself - First Black First Lady (archive footage) / Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage)

Min Yoon-gi

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Mithra Jin

Himself / Self

Neville Sanjana

Himself - Biologist / Self - Biologist

Park Chung-hee

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Prince Philip

Self (archive footage)

Psy

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Rachel Bloom

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Rachel McAdams

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Rebecca Cokley

Herself - Disability Rights Activist / Self - Disability Rights Activist

Reena Ninan

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Rick Santelli

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Robert L. Johnson

Himself - First Black Billionaire (archive footage) / Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage)

Ruth Simmons

Herself - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage) / Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage)

Sandra Day O'Connor

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Shirley Chisholm

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Tablo

Himself / Self

Thomas Shapiro

Himself - Sociologist / Self - Sociologist

Thurgood Marshall

Himself - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) / Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)

Valentine Rugwabiza

Herself / Self

Virginia Woolf

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Putin

Self (archive footage)

Warren Buffett

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

William Tecumseh Sherman

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Yang Hyun-suk

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Abigail Disney

Self

Adolf Eichmann

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Akihito

Self (archive footage)

Ann Coulter

Self (archive footage)

Aya Cash

Narrator (voice)

Bernie Sanders

Himself

Bernie Sanders

Self

Big Boi

Self (archive footage)

Bill Gates

Self

Boris Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Catherine Oxenberg

Self - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member

Charli D'Amelio

Self (archive footage)

Cleo Abram

Narrator (voice)

Connie Britton

Narrator (voice)

Dan Rather

Self (archive footage)

Doja Cat

Self (archive footage)

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Self (archive footage)

Ethan Hawke

Narrator (voice)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Hector Elizondo

Narrator (voice)

Hilary Swank

Narrator (voice)

J.K. Simmons

Narrator (voice)

Jake Gyllenhaal

Narrator (voice)

Jane Fonda

Self (archive footage)

Jim Jones

Self (archive footage)

John Waters

Narrator (voice)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Narrator (voice)

Justin Trudeau

Self (archive footage)

Karlie Kloss

Narrator (voice)

Keke Palmer

Narrator (voice)

Kelly Rowland

Narrator (voice)

Keri Russell

Narrator (voice)

Kim Cattrall

Narrator (voice)

Kim Kardashian

Self (archive footage)

Kim Nam-joon

Self (archive footage)

Kim Seok-jin

Self (archive footage)

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Lakeith Stanfield

Narrator (voice)

Maggie Siff

Narrator (voice)

Mark Cuban

Self

Meghan Markle

Self (archive footage)

Michael Bloomberg

Self (archive footage)

Michael Jordan

Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace

Self (archive footage)

Moon Jae-in

Self (archive footage)

Naruhito

Self (archive footage)

Natasha Lyonne

Narrator (voice)

Nick Kroll

Narrator (voice)

Noam Chomsky

Self (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Self (archive footage)

Park Geun-hye

Self (archive footage)

Park Ji-min

Self (archive footage)

Peter Jennings

Self (archive footage)

Primary

Self

Prince Harry

Self (archive footage)

Princess Diana of Wales

Self (archive footage)

Princess Margaret

Self (archive footage)

Rainn Wilson

Narrator (voice)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Rosario Dawson

Narrator (voice)

Ruth Negga

Narrator (voice)

Seo Tai-ji

Self (archive footage)

Sophie Okonedo

Narrator (voice)

Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage)

Ted Cruz

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Self (archive footage)

Vincent Kartheiser

Narrator (voice)

Xi Jinping

Self (archive footage)

Yara Shahidi

Narrator (voice)