Freedom Songs - Production & Contact Info

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39 cast members

Name	Known for
Nikki Giovanni Self - Poet & Activist (archive footage) Self - Poet & Activist (archive footage) See fewer	Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
James Baldwin Self - Writer & Activist (archive footage) Self - Writer & Activist (archive footage) See fewer	I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Giancarlo Esposito Self - Actor / Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self - Actor / Adam Clayton Powell Jr. See fewer	Breaking Bad (2008)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Howard K. Smith (1962)
Adger W. Cowans Self - Photographer (as Adger Cowans) Self - Photographer (as Adger Cowans) See fewer	Juice (1992)
Al Sharpton Self - Founder of National Action Network (as Rev. Al Sharpton) Self - Founder of National Action Network (as Rev. Al Sharpton) See fewer	Mr. Deeds (2002)
Ramón Bryant Braxton Self - Gospel Choir Conductor, Arranger Self - Gospel Choir Conductor, Arranger See fewer	By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
Martha Reeves Self - Singer Self - Singer See fewer	Thelma & Louise (1991)
Courtland Cox Self - SNCC Lead Organizer, March on Washington Self - SNCC Lead Organizer, March on Washington See fewer	Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
A. Peter Bailey Self - Malcolm X Supporter Self - Malcolm X Supporter See fewer	Who Killed Malcolm X? (2019)
Billy Mitchell Self - Apollo Theater Historian Self - Apollo Theater Historian See fewer	By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
A. Philip Randolph Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) See fewer	The Mike Wallace Interview (1957)
Denise Oliver-Velez Self - Harlem Activist Self - Harlem Activist See fewer	She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)
John Lewis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Joan Baez Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Odetta Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Everything Must Go (2010)
Peter Paul & Mary Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Eunice Townsend Self - Harlem Resident Self - Harlem Resident See fewer	By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
John Coltrane Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Adrift (I) (2018)
Gary Bartz Self - Jazz Saxophonist Self - Jazz Saxophonist See fewer	A Jazz Story (1999)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Warren Smith Self - Jazz Percussionist Self - Jazz Percussionist See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Self (voice) (archive sound) Self (voice) (archive sound) See fewer	Rounders (1998)
Max Roach Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shining Girls (2022)
Felipe Luciano Self - Poet & Activist Self - Poet & Activist See fewer	It Could Happen to You (1994)
Eddie Kahn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Clifford Jordan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Club Date (1977)
Abbey Lincoln Self - Jazz Singer (archive footage) Self - Jazz Singer (archive footage) See fewer	Nothing But a Man (1964)
Herb Boyd Self - Journalist and Educator Self - Journalist and Educator See fewer	Haiti Cri De Couer (2011)
Jamal Joseph Self - Activist Self - Activist See fewer	August Rush (2007)
Langston Hughes Self - Writer, Poet and Activist (archive footage) Self - Writer, Poet and Activist (archive footage) See fewer	Way Down South (1939)
James Small Self - Pan-African Activist & Scholar (as Professor James Small) Self - Pan-African Activist & Scholar (as Professor James Small) See fewer	Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Forest Whitaker Self - Actor, Bumpy Johnson, Godfather of Harlem Self - Actor, Bumpy Johnson, Godfather of Harlem See fewer	The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Robin Clark Self - Singer Self - Singer See fewer	A Walk to Remember (2002)
Bayard Rustin Self - Civil Rights Activist & Organizer (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist & Organizer (archive footage) See fewer	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
Taharqa Aleem Self - Author, Jimi Hendrix and Ghetto Fighters Self - Author, Jimi Hendrix and Ghetto Fighters See fewer	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Betty Shabazz Self - Wife of Malcolm X (archive footage) Self - Wife of Malcolm X (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Ossie Davis Self - Actor and Civil Rights Activist (voice) (archive sound) Self - Actor and Civil Rights Activist (voice) (archive sound) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)

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