Tracy is the great-niece of Lloyd Gaines, the granddaughter of Lloyd's younger sister, Dorothy Gaines. Born and raised in St. Louis, Tracy earned a law degree from Washington University and is a criminal prosecutor with a focus on identity theft and elder abuse cases. Tracy grew up knowing nothing about her great-uncle, and now she's determined to find the truth.

Marc is a documentary filmmaker whose more than two dozen films have screened on PBS, National Geographic, Al Jazeera, on premium streaming platforms, in theaters and festivals. He is the recipient of the Writers Guild Award for outstanding documentary screenplay, four national Emmy Award nominations, and many other honors.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Professor Gates has published numerous books and executive produced and hosted an array of celebrated documentary films exploring the African American experience for PBS, HBO, and Netflix.

Fred began his career as a photojournalist at The St. Louis American, a Black newspaper published and edited by his father, Nathaniel Sweets. Nathaniel was a friend of Lloyd Gaines and applied to attend the University of Missouri's journalism school the same year Lloyd applied for the law school, and like Gaines was rejected due to his race. In 1968, Fred joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as its first Black staff photographer before moving to the Washington Post as a photographer and editor, senior photo editor at the Los Angeles Times, and the Associated Press, where he headed up the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington, D.C. photo department. In 2020, Fred was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. He remains a contributing editor to The St. Louis American.

Kevin is a veteran documentary editor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His many documentary credits include the Emmy Award-winning A Lion in the House, Dave Chappelle Live In Real Life, and Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain.

Kyle grew up outside St. Louis, where he is now based. A graduate of the University of Missouri's school of journalism, Kyle has shot, edited, and directed award-winning films that have screened at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the Camden International Film Festival, and AFI’s Meet the Press Film Festival. His work has been honored with the National Edward R. Murrow Award and nominated for a national Emmy Award.