Gideon Jackson

Muhammad Ali

Abner Lait

Kris Kristofferson

Francis Cardozo

Ron O'Neal

Marion Jefferson

Ernest Dixon

Stephen Holmes

Edward Herrmann

President Ulysses S. Grant

John McLiam

Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

Barbara O. Jones

Narrator

Ossie Davis

Rachel Jackson

Barbara Jones

Ruth Lait

Grace Zabriskie

Katie

Alfre Woodard

Brother Peter

Sonny Jim Gaines

James Allenby

Joel Fluellen

Jason Hugar

Sonny Shroyer

Hannibal

Earl Smith

Sheriff Bentley

Fred Covington

Louise Jefferson

Sylvia "Kuumba" Williams

Will Boone

Tom Delaney

Frank Carlson

Ron Gural

Older Jeff Jackson

William Allen Young

Young Jeff Jackson

Tony Ross

Lawyer Greene

Howard Brunner

Isaac Went

Howland Chamberlain

Mrs. Carter

Georgia Allen

1st White Trash Delegate

James Bowman

2nd White Trash Delegate

Don Brady

Mayor at Convention

Robert Bloodworth

Mrs. Ganfret

Barbara Chaney

Major Walsh

Stuart Culpepper

3rd White Trash Delegate

Peter Gabb

Black Delegate

Jerome Greene

Yankee Boss

Bill Holliday

Gen. Ganfret

Don Hood

Dudley Carwell

Maurice Hunt

Convention Speaker

Don Lutenbacher

Soldier

Ritchie Montgomery

Auctioneer

Danny Nelson

Young Black Man with Scars

Afemo Omilami

Mrs. Dupre

Courtney Pledger

Clair Willis

Gregory White

Sylvio Tabet