Cicely Tyson

as Self (archival footage)

as Miss Luma Lee Langston(7 eps)

as Alice

as Self - Guest(1 ep)

as Narrator

as Mrs. Hightower

as Self(1 ep)

as Self

as Hattie

as Ophelia Harkness(10 eps)

as Flo Avery(1 ep)

as Mrs. Watts

as Mama Kay

as Doris Jones(3 eps)

as Nana Mama

as Constantine Jefferson

as Ola

as Pearl

as Mother Hopkins

as Celine

as Myrtle

as Myrtle

as Gloria Dump

as Leona Edwards McCauley

as Self

as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)(1 ep)

as Cathedral

as Emily Lincoln(2 eps)

as Ondine Burdett(1 ep)

as Tante Lou

as Self

as Mama Flora(2 eps)

as Luvia

as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge

as Stephanie St. Clair

as Vesta Lotte Battle

as Maggie

as Guardian

as Jordan Roosevelt

as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst(2 eps)

as Abigail Peabody-Jackson(1 ep)

as Carrie Grace Battle(22 eps)

as Castralia

as Castalia(2 eps)

as Evangeline

as Sarah

as Dr. Randolph

as Sipsey

as Etta Mercer

as Ruthana Richardson

as Mrs. Browne

as Mrs. Browne(2 eps)

as Self - Guest(1 ep)

as Dr. Claire Dalton

as Muriel

as Janet Framm

as Carol Phillips

as Odessa

as Self

as Marva Collins

as Vivian Perry

as Elaine

as Harriet Ross Tubman(2 eps)

as Coretta Scott King(3 eps)

as Blanche Rudolph

as Sweets

as Binta(1 ep)

as Priscilla Simmons

as Self - Introducer

as Tylette

as Mattie Williams

as Self - Host(1 ep)

as Self - Presenter(1 ep)

as Self(1 ep)

as Jane Pittman

as Self

as Self(2 eps)

as Rebecca Morgan

as Mrs. Johnson(1 ep)

as Vicky Gunther

as Self(1 ep)

as Emma Teasley

as Self(1 ep)

as Betty Kelly(1 ep)

as Mildred Hermosa(1 ep)

as Portia Copeland

as Marie Therese

as Julie Anderson(1 ep)

as Alma Ross(1 ep)

as Claudia Ferguson

as Julie Harmon(1 ep)

as Lainey Harber(1 ep)

as Self(1 ep)

as Self(3 eps)

as Self - Co-Host(5 eps)

as Sister

as Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)

as Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)

as Darlene Knox(1 ep)

as Dottie

as Self - Host(1 ep)

as Self - Co-Host(1 ep)

as Self - Presenter(1 ep)

as Rachel Biggs(1 ep)

as Self(2 eps)

as Marva Collins(1 ep)

as Self - Presenter(1 ep)