A. Philip Randolph

Andre Braugher

Milton Webster

Charles S. Dutton

Desmond

James McGowan

James Randolph

Kedar Brown

William Green

Christopher Bondy

E.J. Daniels

Neville Edwards

Mrs. Robbins

Collette Micks

Conductor

Terry Hart

Isabel Robbins (as Emma Fleury)

Emma Fleury Harvey

Donaldson

Mario Romano

Porter's Wife

Camille James

Mrs. Walker

Sandi Ross

Ashley Totten

Mario Van Peebles

Wealthy Passenger

Lee Taylor

College Kid

John Dewey

Conductor #2

Ed Fielding

Elegant Woman

Karen Eyo

Board Member

Harvey Sokoloff

Waitress

Amanda Brugel

Detective #1

Dave Nichols

Lead Thug (as Tim McMenamin)

Tim MacMenamin

Conductor #3

Peter Graham

Governor Morrow

Aron Tager

Leon Frey

Brock Peters

A Porter In Back

Darren Josephs

Mayor LaGuardia

Larry Schwartz

Porter

Hadley Sandiford

Mediator

Sean Wayne Doyle

Reporter

Marvin Hinz

Dancing Porter

Nelson Tynes

Circumspect Porter

Joel Gordon

Disgruntled Man

Lyriq Bent

Franklin Roosevelt

Richard Blackburn

Fred Bent

Richard Eden

Lucille Randolph

Carla Brothers

Other Porter

Herbert Johnson

Disgruntled Man's Son

Klé McKoy

Disgruntled Man's Wife

Yvette McKoy

Bobby

Araya Mengesha

Barton Davis

Kenneth McGregor

Selena Frey

Ellen Holly

Mrs. Randolph

Ernestine Jackson

Daddy Moore

Ardon Bess

Sandi Totten

Ordena Stephens

Director

Robert Townsend

Writer

Cyrus Nowrasteh