Name	Known for
Chuck D Self Self See fewer	Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Afrika Bambaataa Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Vanilla Sky (2001)
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Jonathan Sway Calloway Self Self See fewer	Death Wish (2018)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Jimmy Carter Self (archive footage) (as President Jimmy Carter) Self (archive footage) (as President Jimmy Carter) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Shirley Chisholm Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Shirley Chisholm for President (1972)
Rosa Clemente Self (as Dr. Rosa Alicia Clemente) Self (as Dr. Rosa Alicia Clemente) See fewer	The Ballot or the Bullet (2012)
Douglas Colon Self (as Douglas 'Dancin' Doug' Colon) Self (as Douglas 'Dancin' Doug' Colon) See fewer	Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World (2023)
Eminem Self Self See fewer	8 Mile (2002)
Louis Farrakhan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Harlem: Voices, Faces (1973)
Gerald Ford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dynasty (1981)
John Forte Self Self See fewer	Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Nelson George Self Self See fewer	Brooklyn Boheme (2011)
Grandmaster Caz Self Self See fewer	The Wedding Singer (1998)
Grandmaster Flash Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	New Jack City (1991)
Michael Holman Self Self See fewer	Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ (1981)
Ice-T Self Self See fewer	New Jack City (1991)
Jesse Jackson Self (archive footage) (as Reverend Jesse Jackson) Self (archive footage) (as Reverend Jesse Jackson) See fewer	The Burning
Hasan Jeffries Self (as Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries) Self (as Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries) See fewer	Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
Fat Joe Self Self See fewer	Happy Feet (2006)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Kool Herc Self (archive footage) (as DJ Kool Herc) Self (archive footage) (as DJ Kool Herc) See fewer	Beat Street (1984)
KRS-One Self Self See fewer	The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
LL Cool J Self Self See fewer	Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Darryl McDaniels Self Self See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Melle Mel Self Self See fewer	Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Killer Mike Self Self See fewer	Venom (2018)
Robert Moses Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Eye on New York (1956)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) (as President Richard Nixon) Self (archive footage) (as President Richard Nixon) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Abiodun Oyewole Self Self See fewer	Takers (2010)
Lee Quiñones Self Self See fewer	Once in the Life (2000)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Roxanne Shanté Self Self See fewer	Colors (1988)
Daniel H. Watts Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Shooting Gallery Called America? (1975)
Leah Wright-Rigueur Self (as Leah Wright Rigueur) Self (as Leah Wright Rigueur) See fewer	Reclaimed (2021)