Coley Wallace

Joe Louis

Hilda Simms

Marva Trotter Louis

Paul Stewart

Tad McGeehan

James Edwards

Jack 'Chappie' Blackburn

John Marley

Mannie Seamon

Dots Johnson

Julian Black (as Dotts Johnson)

Evelyn Ellis

Mrs. Barrows

Carl 'Rocky' Latimer

Arthur Pine

John Marriott

Sam Langford