Claudia Villars

Lily Sloane

Shoat

Plio (voice)

Lily

Marianna

Mary

Stickley

Carolyn Carmichael

Augustine James

Mrs. Whatsit

Jane

Principal Daniels

Ms. Josephine

Chantelle

Evey

Akela (Cheetah Mother) (voice)

Camille Wright

Alice Pratt

Mum

Ann

Vicki Teague

Evelyn

Sally Benbow

Rita

Mistress Shaw

Rosie Mangena

Wanda Dean

Loretta Sinclair

Claudie Sills

Geechee

Rhody Poole

Eunice Evers, R.N.

Ouiser

Berenice Sadie Brown

Esther

Medicine Woman (voice)

Dr. Olsen

Maude DeVictor

Mary Thomas

Winnie Mandela

Joyce May

Popeye Jackson

Dr. Allen

Patricia

Evelyn

Mary Lou Williams (voice)

Lavada McRae

E

Sam

Det. Anne Pope

Self

Audrey Williams

Bernadette

Karisha Ellsworth

Chief of Staff

Sheila

Mother Mary

Self

Narrator

Polly / Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Katie

Edna Reilly

Grace Cooley

Miriam

Woman who lost her stuff

Professor Hughes

Dr. Sadlin

Mrs. Brown

Berniece Charles

Alma Roberts

Self

Lucy Smith

Sarabi (voice)

Narrator

Clara

Princess Lovinia

Ilanga (voice)

Mattie

Dondi Reece

Judge Benton

Warden Bernadine Williams

Tamara O'Neil

Juanita

Marian

Penny Washington

Self (archive footage)

Mary Parrish (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Narrator

Mrs. Marks

Herself

Narrator

Andrea Crawford

Narrator (voice)

Self - Narrator

Jessica Filley

Self

Margaret Cahill

Joyce McQueen

Self

Narrator

Maisie (voice)

Adrianne Moore

Alma Thomas (voice)

Mary Parrish (voice)

Dr. Cody

Herself

Self