The Racial Wealth Gap - Cast

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39 cast members

Name	Known for
Samira Wiley Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Orange Is the New Black (2013)
Mehrsa Baradaran Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross (2020)
Cory Booker Self - U.S. Senator (as Sen. Cory Booker) Self - U.S. Senator (as Sen. Cory Booker) See fewer	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Thomas Shapiro Self - Sociologist Self - Sociologist See fewer	Explained (2018)
Beth Jacobson Self - Foreclosure Specialist Self - Foreclosure Specialist See fewer	Explained (2018)
James Baldwin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Edward A. Bouchet Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage) Self - First Black Ph.D Recipient (archive footage) See fewer
Shirley Chisholm Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Soul! (1968)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President Is Missing
Ta-Nehisi Coates Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wrong Answer
Stephen Colbert Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Bessie Coleman Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage) Self - First Black Licensed Pilot (archive footage) See fewer	Bessie Coleman (1922)
Alan Greenspan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Power of Choice: The Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman (2007)
Jesse Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	S.O.S. - Saving Our Schools (2015)
Jay-Z Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	The Harder They Fall (2021)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spartamerika
Robert L. Johnson Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage) Self - First Black Billionaire (archive footage) See fewer	BET Sports Presents Black College Basketball (1980)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Dennis Kucinich Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	GMO OMG (2013)
Abraham Lincoln Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1912)
Alain Leroy Locke Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage) Self - First Black Rhodes Scholar (archive footage) See fewer
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Thurgood Marshall Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) Self - First Black Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) See fewer	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)
Hattie McDaniel Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage) Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Barack Obama Self - First Black President (archive footage) Self - First Black President (archive footage) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)
Michelle Obama Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage) Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)
Jesse Owens Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage) Self - Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist (archive footage) See fewer	Kings of the Olympics (1948)
Colin Powell Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - First Black Secretary of State (archive footage) See fewer	Madam Secretary (2014)
Joseph Rainey Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage) Self - First Black Congressperson (archive footage) See fewer
Hiram Revels Self - First Black Senator (archive footage) Self - First Black Senator (archive footage) See fewer
Jackie Robinson Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage) Self - First Black MLB Player (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Rick Santelli Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Floored (2009)
William Tecumseh Sherman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Ruth Simmons Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage) Self - First Black Ivy League President (archive footage) See fewer	Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
Edwin M. Stanton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Queen X (1917)
George Stephanopoulos Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	House of Cards (2013)
Pierre Subeh Marketing Research Expert (The Racial Wealth Gap) Marketing Research Expert (The Racial Wealth Gap) See fewer	Pierre Explains Everything (2021)
Brian Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)