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
Centennial Book Committee, Glenda Martin ... [and others] ; Co-chairman [i.e. Co-chairmen] and editor[s] : Royal "Bingo" Kinder, Marvin Hoff ; cover drawing by Lonnie G. Bell