Riven

Eric Avila

as Self - Professor of History, UCLA

Tamara Banks

as Self - Journalist

Herb Boyd

as Self - “Black Detroit” Author

Leah Chase

as Self - Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant

Spencer Crew

as Self - Smithsonian Interim Director

Walter Edwards

as Self - Chairman, Harlem Business Alliance

Lolis Eric Elie

as Self - Writer

Carolyn Finney

as Self - Author

Kathleen Franz

as Self - Author

Allyson Hobbs

as Self - Professor of History, Stanford University

Kenneth Jackson

as Self - Professor of History and Social Sciences, Columbia University

Jennifer Reut

as Self - Architectural Historian

Fath Ruffins

as Self - Smithsonian Curator

Thomas J. Sugrue

as Self - Professor of History, NYU

Candacy Taylor

as Self - Author

Christopher West

as Self - Professor of History, Pasadena City College

Craig Steven Wilder

as Professor of History, MIT

Ric Burns

Director

Gretchen Sorin

Director

Emir Lewis

Editor

Margaret Munzer Loeb

Executive Producer

Emily Pfeil

Producer

Emir Lewis

Producer

Kathryn Clinard

Producer

Greg Sorin

Co-Producer