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Freedom Road (1979)

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Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.

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Cast

Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Gideon Jackson

Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson

Abner Lait

Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal

Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann

Stephen Holmes

John McLiam
John McLiam

President Ulysses S. Grant

Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis

Narrator

Barbara O. Jones
Barbara O. Jones

Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim Gaines

Brother Peter

Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen

James Allenby

Jean Foster
Jean Foster

Ellen Allenby

Grace Zabriskie
Grace Zabriskie

Ruth Lait

Bill Mackey
Bill Mackey

Trooper

Earl D.A. Smith
Earl D.A. Smith

Hannibal

Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard

Katie

Fred Covington
Fred Covington

Sheriff Bentley

Sonny Shroyer
Sonny Shroyer

Jason Hugar

Ernest Dixon
Ernest Dixon

Marion Jefferson

Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Sylvia Kuumba Williams

Louise Jefferson

Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney

Will Boone

Ron Gural
Ron Gural

Frank Carlson

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