Explained

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)

Samira Wiley

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Catherine, Princess of Wales

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

William, Prince of Wales

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Nelson Mandela

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

JAŸ-Z

Himself (voice) / Self (archive footage) / Self (voice)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage)

Joss Fong

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Christian Slater

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

LeVar Burton

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Aasif Mandvi

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Kevin Smith

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Coleman Lowndes

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Kristen Bell

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Rachel Bloom

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Jerry Springer

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Rachel McAdams

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

Kyle MacLachlan

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Himself

Carly Rae Jepsen

Narrator (voice) / Narrator - Herself

타블로

Himself / Self

SUGA

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

V

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Jung Kook

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

j-hope

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

박정희

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

양현석

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

투컷

Himself / Self

미쓰라

Himself / Self

이수만

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

김대중

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

PSY

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Grace Kelly

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Virginia Woolf

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Herself / Self

Valentine Rugwabiza

Herself / Self

Elizabeth Warren

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Kirsten Gillibrand

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Sandra Day O'Connor

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Anderson Cooper

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Andrew Carnegie

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Warren Buffett

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

John D. Rockefeller

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

John Maynard Keynes

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Mehrsa Baradaran

Herself - Author / Self - Author

Cory Booker

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

Thomas Shapiro

Himself - Sociologist / Self - Sociologist

Beth Jacobson

Herself - Foreclosure Specialist / Self - Foreclosure Specialist

James Baldwin

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Edward A. Bouchet

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

Shirley Chisholm

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Bessie Coleman

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

Alan Greenspan

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Robert L. Johnson

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

Martin Luther King Jr.

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Dennis Kucinich

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

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)

Malcolm X

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Thurgood Marshall

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

Hattie McDaniel

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

Michelle Obama

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

Jesse Owens

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

Colin Powell

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

Joseph Rainey

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

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)

Rick Santelli

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

William Tecumseh Sherman

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Ruth Simmons

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

Edwin M. Stanton

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

George Stephanopoulos

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Brian Williams

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Neville Sanjana

Himself - Biologist / Self - Biologist

Jennifer Doudna

Herself - CRISPR Pioneer / Self - CRISPR Pioneer

John Evans

Himself - Sociologist / Self - Sociologist

Hank Greely

Himself - Law Professor / Self - Law Professor

Rebecca Cokley

Herself - Disability Rights Activist / Self - Disability Rights Activist

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Francis Collins

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Dick Costolo

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Don Lemon

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Keith Morrison

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Reena Ninan

Herself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

John Franklin Stephens

Himself (archive footage) / Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Self (archive footage)

Maria Bello

Narrator (voice)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Poutine

Self (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders

Himself

Nick Kroll

Narrator (voice)

Yara Shahidi

Narrator (voice)

Jimin

Self (archive footage)

Jin

Self (archive footage)

RM

Self (archive footage)

Hilary Swank

Narrator (voice)

Maggie Siff

Narrator (voice)

Abigail Disney

Self

Michael Jordan

Self (archive footage)

Mark Cuban

Self

LaKeith Stanfield

Narrator (voice)

J.K. Simmons

Narrator (voice)

Bill Gates

Self

Vincent Kartheiser

Narrator (voice)

Natasha Lyonne

Narrator (voice)

Cleo Abram

Narrator (voice)

Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage)

Bernie Sanders

Self

Keri Russell

Narrator (voice)

John Waters

Narrator (voice)

Karlie Kloss

Narrator (voice)

Aya Cash

Narrator (voice)

Adolf Eichmann

Self (archive footage)

Big Boi

Self (archive footage)

Jane Fonda

Self (archive footage)

Noam Chomsky

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace

Self (archive footage)

Rosario Dawson

Narrator (voice)

George W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Self (archive footage)

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Naruhito

Self (archive footage)

박근혜

Self (archive footage)

Akihito

Self (archive footage)

Ann Coulter

Self (archive footage)

Emperor Hirohito of Japan

Self (archive footage)

Peter Jennings

Self (archive footage)

Princess Margaret

Self (archive footage)

Dan Rather

Self (archive footage)

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Kim Kardashian

Self (archive footage)

Tom Brokaw

Self (archive footage)

Diana, Princess of Wales

Self (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Self (archive footage)

Ethan Hawke

Narrator (voice)

Boris Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Jake Gyllenhaal

Narrator (voice)

Rainn Wilson

Narrator (voice)

Sophie Okonedo

Narrator (voice)

Keke Palmer

Narrator (voice)

Héctor Elizondo

Narrator (voice)

Kim Cattrall

Narrator (voice)

Kelly Rowland

Narrator (voice)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Narrator (voice)

Connie Britton

Narrator (voice)

Ruth Negga

Narrator (voice)

Charli D'Amelio

Self (archive footage)

Doja Cat

Self (archive footage)

문재인

Self (archive footage)

习近平

Self (archive footage)

Justin Trudeau

Self (archive footage)

Ted Cruz

Self (archive footage)

Michael Bloomberg

Self (archive footage)

서태지

Self (archive footage)

Primary

Self

Jim Jones

Self (archive footage)

Catherine Oxenberg

Self - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member

Mark Zuckerberg

Self (archive footage)

Mohamed Ali

Self (archive footage)

Doug E. Fresh

Self (archive footage)

Gigi Hadid

Self (archive footage)

Leo J. Ryan

Self (archive footage)

Jackie Speier

Self