Sadie Delany
Diahann Carroll
Annie Elizabeth `Bessie' Delany
Ruby Dee*
Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany
Ruby Dee
Amy Hill Hearth
Amy Madigan
Sadie in Her 20s
Lisa Arrindell Anderson
Papa Delany
Mykelti Williamson
Sadie in her 20s
Lisa Arrindell
Bessie
Audra McDonald
Booker T. Washington
Richard Roundtree
Martha Logan
Della Reese
Mama Delany
Lonette McKee
Papa Delany
Mykelti Williamson*
Mr. Milliam
Terry Nienhuis
Frazier Johnson
Clifton Powell
Young Sadie
Kiara Harris
Young Bessie
Haleigh Porter
Frank
Bumper Robinson
Broadway Actress Playing Sadie
Micki Grant
Broadway Actress Playing Bessie
Lizan Mitchell
Sadie at 7
Kiara Harris
Bessie at 5
Haleigh Porter
Actress playing Sadie on Broadway
Micki Grant
Lemuel
Cameron Arnett
Hap
Bobby Tyson
Hap
Bobby Tyson
Manross Delaney
Carter Gaston
Miss Moseley
Rebecca Koon
Harriet
April Jones
Mildred
Patty Mack