"Inspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato pies that, with her earnings, she established many schools for the under-privileged."
Muriel Smith
as Emma Tremaine
Ann Buckles
as Sarah Miller Spriggs
Louis Byles
as Charlie as a Man
George McCurdy
as Charlie as a Boy
William Pawley Jr.
as Mr. Spriggs
Phyllis Konstam
as Mrs. Spriggs
Anna Marie McCurdy
as Julie
Robert Anderson
as Blaney
Cecil Broadhurst
as Editor
Joel McCrea
as Prologue Narrator
Rickard Tegström
Director
Alan Thornhill
Writer
Cinematography
William Reed
Music
Paul Dunlap
Marion Clayton Anderson