Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

Romance Drama

Al Freeman Jr.

(Poppa)

Phylicia Rashād

(Ma Ponk)

Paula Kelly

(Ma Pearl)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

(Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson))

Anna Maria Horsford

(Miss Annie)

Bernie Casey

(Mr. Walter)

Isaac Hayes

(Preacher Hurn)

Ray J

(Cliff (12 Yrs.) (as Willis Norwood Jr.))

Polly Bergen

(Miss Maybry)

Taj Mahal

(Mr. Will)

Leon

(Uncle Melvin)

Richard Roundtree

(Cleve)