Elenco (na ordem dos créditos)
Edward R. Murrow
Self - Narrator
Louis Armstrong
Self - Trumpet
Edmond Hall
Self - Clarinet
James Young
Self - Trombone
Barrett Deems
Self - Drums
Billy Kyle
Self - Piano
Arvell Shaw
Self - Bass
Jack Lesberg
Leonard Bernstein
Self - Orchestra Leader
New York Philharmonic
Themselves - Orchestra
W.C. Handy
Self - Songwriter
Gene de Poris
Self - - Reporter
Lucille Armstrong
Selfuncredited
Claude Luter
Velma Middleton
Kwame Nkrumah