Cast 27

1. 

   Don Cheadle

   Narrator (voice)

2. 

   Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.

   self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage)

3. 

   Robert Hooks

   self - actor and producer

4. 

   Chuck Brown

   self - musician and former cell mate of Petey Greene

5. Marion Barry

   self - former mayor of Washington, DC

6. 

   Howard Stern

   self

7. Ralph Greene Sr.

   self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)

8. Maggie Floyd

   self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)

9. Dewey Hughes

   self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager

10. Roach Brown

    self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton Penitentiary

11. Frank Smith, Jr.

    self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.

12. Clarence Greene

    self - Petey Greene's brother

13. Ernie Barnes

    self - Artiste

14. Virginia Ali

    self - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl

15. Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis

    self - President, Southeastern University

16. Sandra Butler

    self - retired tv executive

17. 

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    self - archival footage

18. 

    Sugar Ray Leonard

    self - boxing legend

19. 

    James Brown

    self - sportscaster

20. Alfred Liggins, III

    self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One

21. Petra Greene

    self - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage)

22. Ralph Waldo Greene, III

    self - Petey Greene's son (archive footage)

23. Sister Claudette Muhammad

    self - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam

24. Madeline Petty

    self - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing

25. 

    Donna Brazile

    self - Mobilization Chairman, March on Washington

26. Dana Jones

    self - CEO, United Planning Organization

27. 

    Midge Costanza

    self - Special Assistant to President Carter

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