Cast of
America Beyond the Color Line

About America Beyond the Color Line

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard's chair of Afro-American Studies, travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the temperature of black America at the start of the new century. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geographic, and meets the people who are defining black America, from the most famous and influential to those at the grassroots.

America Beyond the Color Line ran for 1 season.

Main Cast of America Beyond the Color Line

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
plays Host (4 episodes)

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as Host

Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. is an American historian, literary critic, filmmaker and public intellectual who curren...

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Secondary Cast of America Beyond the Color Line

Chris Tucker
plays Self (1 episode)

Chris Tucker as Self

Christopher "Chris" Tucker (born August 31, 1971) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his roles as Dete...

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Samuel L. Jackson
plays Self (1 episode)

Samuel L. Jackson as Self

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized ac...

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Alicia Keys
plays Self (1 episode)

Alicia Keys as Self

Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter. A...

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Quincy Jones
plays Self (1 episode)

Nia Long
plays Self (1 episode)

Nia Long as Self

Nia Long (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress and occasional music video director. She is best known for he...

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Don Cheadle
plays Self (1 episode)

Don Cheadle as Self

Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. is an American actor, author, director, producer and writer. Following early roles in Hambur...

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John Singleton
plays Self (1 episode)

John Singleton as Self

​John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968-April 29, 2019) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A ...

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Colin Powell
plays Self (1 episode)

Colin Powell as Self

Colin Luther Powell was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the...

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Russell Simmons
plays Self (1 episode)

Franklin Raines
plays Self (1 episode)

Maurice Ashley
plays Self (1 episode)

Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
plays Self (1 episode)

Morgan Freeman
plays Self (1 episode)

Morgan Freeman as Self

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice...

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Maya Angelou
plays Self (1 episode)


Crew of America Beyond the Color Line

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