Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed (1968): Cast

The film surveys the many ways African‑Americans helped shape the United States, from early labor and military service to cultural and scientific innovations. Framed by the upheavals of the late 1960s, it shows how those contributions were largely omitted from school curricula and distorted by pervasive stereotypes, highlighting a long history of marginalization and ignorance.

• BC Bill Cosby as themselves