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
