Slappy White
— Forthwith Wilson
Moms Mabley
— Grace
Stepin Fetchit
— Cousin Lincoln
James Karen
— Annenberg
Gary Bolling
— William
Moses Gunn
— Welton J Waters
Rosalind Cash
— Creola Waters
Butterfly McQueen
— Clarine
George Miles
— Blaney
Dolph Sweet
— Mayer Scott
George Lee Miles
— Blaney
Tamu Blackwell
— Girl in church pew
Art Evans
— Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Stanley Greene
— Passenger on Train (uncredited)
Debbi Morgan
— Morgan State Student (uncredited)
Demond Wilson
— Man in First Pew in Church (uncredited)