executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr... [and others] ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inkwell Films & Thirteen/WNET New York
a film by Frank Martin ; directed by Frank Martin ; written by Frank Martin & Jeff Stetson ; produced by Frank Martin, Rudy Poe, James Crite ; story by James Crite, Jeff Stetson ; an Eleventh Day Entertainment Production
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; a production of William Greaves Productions, inc. ; written by William Greaves in association with Leslie E. Lee ; producer, Louise Archambault