HBO Films ; directed by Clark Johnson ; screenplay by Herman Daniel Farrell III and Timothy J. Sexton ; executive producer, Norman Twain, Shelby Stone ; produced by Preston Holmes ; a Norman Twain production in association with Shelby Stone Productions ; director of photography, David Hennings
Guggenheim Productions ; a film by Charles Guggenheim ; narrated by Julian Bond ; original score, Michael Bacon ; editor, Cathy Shields ; assistant editor, Randall Maclowery ; associate producer, Dan Sturman ; post production, Grace Guggenhem ; written and directed by Charles Guggenheim ; photographers, Matt Herron, Clifford Hunter, Flip Schulke, Dan Weiner
produced and directed by George King ; presented by George King & Associates, The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and the Afro-American Studies Program at the University of Mississippi