Ruby Dee - Cast

Played Mama Lucas

Played Mother Sister

Played Annie McCall

Played Evangeline Ferguson

Played Female

Played Margo

Played Lucinda Purify

Played Hortence

Played Rachel

Played Ruth Younger

Played Connie Brooks (uncredited)

Played Joan Robinson

Played Ruth

Played Lucy Tyler

Played Rachel

Played Nanny

Played Corrine Dart

Played Rae Robinson

Played Valerie

Played Thief

Played Laurie

Played Narrator

Played Elsie Claviere

Played Self (archive footage)

Played Narrator

Played Maude

Played Rowena

Played Grandmother Baxter

Played Christine

Played Mrs. Grimes

Played Netta's mother

Played Sophia

Played Miss Candy

Played Self

Played Doris

Played Lydia Wilson

Played Sue Ann Lucas

Played Ms. Ella

Played Elizabeth

Played Ruth Campanella

Played Grandmother

Played Mommit Porter

Played Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

Played Herself

Played Nanna Maria

Played Jennie

Played Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins

Played Narrator (voice)

Played Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")

Played Jackie's Mother

Played Indigo

Played Irma Jackson

Played Mrs. Harper

Played Ruth

Played Narrator (voice)

Played Self

Played Self (archive footage)

Played Mary Tyrone

Played Grandmother (voice)

Played Emelda West

Played Irene Whitfield

Played (archive footage)

Played Self

Played Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters

Played Self

Played Narrator (voice)

Played Mrs. Henry

Played Narrator

Played Joan

Played Lucinda

Played Leah Matanzima

Played Narrator

Played Vicky Kingsbury

Played Julia Augustine

Played Self

Played Zora Neale Hurston

Played Self

Played Self (archive footage)

Played Narrator (voice)

Played Self

Played Self

Played Drugstore Girl

Played Self