By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem - Production & Contact Info

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97 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Jamal Joseph Self - Activist Self - Activist See fewer	4	August Rush (2007)
Courtland Cox Self - SNCC Activist / Self - SNCC Lead Organizer, March on Washington Self - SNCC Activist / Self - SNCC Lead Organizer, March on Washington See fewer	4	Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
Herb Boyd Self - Journalist and Educator Self - Journalist and Educator See fewer	4	Haiti Cri De Couer (2011)
James Small Self - Pan-African Activist & Scholar Self - Pan-African Activist & Scholar See fewer	4	Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Denise Oliver-Velez Self - Harlem Activist, Young Lord / Self - Young Lord / Self - Harlem Activist / Self - Activist Self - Harlem Activist, Young Lord / Self - Young Lord / Self - Harlem Activist / Self - Activist See fewer	4	She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)
Giancarlo Esposito Self - Actor / Self - Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self - Actor / Self - Adam Clayton Powell Jr. See fewer	4	Breaking Bad (2008)
Gary Bartz Self - Jazz Saxophonist Self - Jazz Saxophonist See fewer	4	A Jazz Story (1999)
Warren Smith Self - Jazz Percussionist Self - Jazz Percussionist See fewer	4	Malcolm X (1992)
Joe Bataan Self - Musician / Self - Harlem Resident & Boogaloo Musician / Self - Harlem Resident Self - Musician / Self - Harlem Resident & Boogaloo Musician / Self - Harlem Resident See fewer	3	Driver: Parallel Lines (2006)
Eunice Townsend Self - Harlem Resident Self - Harlem Resident See fewer	3	By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
Al Sharpton Self - Founder of National Action Network Self - Founder of National Action Network See fewer	3	Mr. Deeds (2002)
Martha Reeves Self - Singer Self - Singer See fewer	3	Thelma & Louise (1991)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	3	Freedom Writers (2007)
Robin Clark Self - Singer / Self - Harlem Resident Self - Singer / Self - Harlem Resident See fewer	3	A Walk to Remember (2002)
Felipe Luciano Self - Poet & Activist / Self - Activist Self - Poet & Activist / Self - Activist See fewer	3	It Could Happen to You (1994)
Forest Whitaker Self - Actor, Bumpy Johnson, Godfather of Harlem Self - Actor, Bumpy Johnson, Godfather of Harlem See fewer	3	The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Billy Mitchell Self - Apollo Theater Historian / Self - Apollo Historian Self - Apollo Theater Historian / Self - Apollo Historian See fewer	3	Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013)
Nile Rodgers Self - Musician / Self - Musician and Black Panther / Self - Musician, Composer and Producer Self - Musician / Self - Musician and Black Panther / Self - Musician, Composer and Producer See fewer	3	Coming to America (1988)
Adger W. Cowans Self - Photographer (as Adger Cowans) Self - Photographer (as Adger Cowans) See fewer	2	Juice (1992)
John Lewis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
James Baldwin Self - Writer & Activist (archive footage) Self - Writer & Activist (archive footage) See fewer	2	I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Odetta Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	Everything Must Go (2010)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	Howard K. Smith (1962)
Peter Paul & Mary Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	2	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Carlos Alomar Self - Musician / Self - Harlem Resident Self - Musician / Self - Harlem Resident See fewer	2	15 Minutes (2001)
A. Peter Bailey Self - Journalist / Self - Malcolm X Supporter Self - Journalist / Self - Malcolm X Supporter See fewer	2	Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X (1994)
Harry Belafonte Self - Musician / Self - Musician & Activist Self - Musician / Self - Musician & Activist See fewer	2	Bobby (I) (2006)
Taharqa Aleem Self - Author, Jimi Hendrix and Ghetto Fighters Self - Author, Jimi Hendrix and Ghetto Fighters See fewer	2	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Stokely Carmichael Self - SNCC (archive footage) Self - SNCC (archive footage) See fewer	2	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Ossie Davis Self - Actor and Civil Rights Activist Self - Actor and Civil Rights Activist See fewer	2	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Langston Hughes Self - Poet & Novelist / Self - Writer, Poet and Activist (archive footage) Self - Poet & Novelist / Self - Writer, Poet and Activist (archive footage) See fewer	2	Way Down South (1939)
Shana L. Redmond Self - Professor UCLA, Musicology (as Shana Redmond) Self - Professor UCLA, Musicology (as Shana Redmond) See fewer	2	By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem (2020)
Malcolm X Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	Malcolm X (1992)
Sonia Sanchez Self - Poet (voice) Self - Poet (voice) See fewer	2	Lovecraft Country (2020)
Nina Simone Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	Point of No Return (1993)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	2	Spartamerika
Mickey Melendez Self - Young Lord / Self - Activist Self - Young Lord / Self - Activist See fewer	2	Habla Loud (2022)
Ilfenesh Hadera Self - Actress, Mayme Johnson, Godfather of Harlem Self - Actress, Mayme Johnson, Godfather of Harlem See fewer	2	Baywatch (2017)
H. Rap Brown Self - Chairman, SNCC / Self - SNCC (archive footage) Self - Chairman, SNCC / Self - SNCC (archive footage) See fewer	2	The Fall (1969)
Robert F. Kennedy Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage) (as Senator Robert F. Kennedy) Self - Presidential Candidate (archive footage) (as Senator Robert F. Kennedy) See fewer	1	The Missiles of October (1974)
Nikki Giovanni Self - Poet & Activist (archive footage) Self - Poet & Activist (archive footage) See fewer	1	Rosa (2007)
C.T. Vivian Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Coretta Scott King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	I Am Somebody (1970)
Martha & The Vandellas Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	1	Baby Driver (2017)
Charles Rangel Self - U.S. Congressman 1971-2017 Self - U.S. Congressman 1971-2017 See fewer	1	Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993)
Ramón Bryant Braxton Self - Gospel Choir Conductor, Arranger Self - Gospel Choir Conductor, Arranger See fewer	1	Songs of Black Folk (2025)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Gladys Knight Self - Singer Self - Singer See fewer	1	Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Cannonball Run (1981)
A$AP Ferg Self - Hip-Hop Artist Self - Hip-Hop Artist See fewer	1	The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
King Curtis Self (archive sound) (voice) Self (archive sound) (voice) See fewer	1	The Last King of Scotland (2006)
A. Philip Randolph Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) See fewer	1	The March in Washington (1963)
Anthony Perkins Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Psycho (1960)
Shelley Winters Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Joan Ganz Cooney Self (archive sound) (voice) Self (archive sound) (voice) See fewer	1	Sesame Street (1969)
Leonard Bernstein Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958)
Listen My Brother Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	1	Sesame Street (1969)
Joan Baez Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Luther Vandross Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Goonies (1985)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive sound) (voice) (as President Kennedy) Self (archive sound) (voice) (as President Kennedy) See fewer	1	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Tony Bennett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Richard Nixon Self (archive sound) (voice) (as President Nixon) Self (archive sound) (voice) (as President Nixon) See fewer	1	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Gil Scott-Heron Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	State of Play (2009)
John Coltrane Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Adrift (I) (2018)
Percy Sutton Self - Activist & Lawyer (archive footage) Self - Activist & Lawyer (archive footage) See fewer	1	Showtime at the Apollo (1987)
The Last Poets Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	1	Poetic Justice (1993)
Herbie Hancock Self - Jazz Musician and Composer Self - Jazz Musician and Composer See fewer	1	'Round Midnight (1986)
Gylan Kain Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Wasabi (2001)
Berry Gordy Self - Motown Creator (voice) Self - Motown Creator (voice) See fewer	1	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Self (archive sound) (voice) Self (archive sound) (voice) See fewer	1	Rounders (1998)
David Nelson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Right on! (1970)
Doris Day Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Max Roach Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Shining Girls (2022)
Ellis Haizlip Self - Host, Soul! (archive footage) Self - Host, Soul! (archive footage) See fewer	1	Babylon: The Musical (1974)
Patti Page Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Die Hard 2 (1990)
Loretta Long Self - Co-Host, Soul! (archive footage) Self - Co-Host, Soul! (archive footage) See fewer	1	Sesame Street (1969)
Perry Como Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948)
Barbara Ann Teer Self - Founder, Harlem's National Theatre (archive footage) Self - Founder, Harlem's National Theatre (archive footage) See fewer	1	Slaves (1969)
Eddie Kahn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1
Andy Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Nobody (I) (2021)
Clifford Jordan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Club Date (1977)
Russell Pitchford Self - Manager, The Last Poets (archive footage) Self - Manager, The Last Poets (archive footage) See fewer	1
Abbey Lincoln Self - Jazz Singer (archive footage) Self - Jazz Singer (archive footage) See fewer	1	Nothing But a Man (1964)
Mongo Santamaria Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Out of Sight (1998)
Kathleen Cleaver Self - Communications Secretary, Black Panther Party (archive footage) Self - Communications Secretary, Black Panther Party (archive footage) See fewer	1	Zabriskie Point (1970)
Huey P. Newton Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage) See fewer	1	Black Panthers (1968)
Bayard Rustin Self - Civil Rights Activist & Organizer (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist & Organizer (archive footage) See fewer	1	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
Chika Self - Hip Hop Artist Self - Hip Hop Artist See fewer	1	Project Power (2020)
John V. Lindsay Self - Mayor of New York City (archive footage) (as John Lindsay) Self - Mayor of New York City (archive footage) (as John Lindsay) See fewer	1	Rosebud (1975)
Betty Shabazz Self - Wife of Malcolm X (archive footage) Self - Wife of Malcolm X (archive footage) See fewer	1	Malcolm X (1992)
The Beatles Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
Ronald Reagan Self - Governor, California (archive footage) Self - Governor, California (archive footage) See fewer	1	Kings Row (1942)
Mick Jagger Self (archive sound) (voice) Self (archive sound) (voice) See fewer	1	Alfie (2004)
Bobby Seale Self - Co-Founder, Black Panther Party (archive footage) Self - Co-Founder, Black Panther Party (archive footage) See fewer	1	Malcolm X (1992)
Markuann Smith Self - Actor, Junie Byrd, Godfather of Harlem Self - Actor, Junie Byrd, Godfather of Harlem See fewer	1	Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Trinh Thi Ngo Self (archive sound) (voice) Self (archive sound) (voice) See fewer	1	Correspondent (1995)