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Freedom Road

Freedom Road

Movie 1979 · 3h 6m ·

Drama

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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.

Cast

20 people
Muhammad Ali Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal Francis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann Stephen Holmes
John McLiam President Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis Narrator
Barbara O. Jones Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
S Sonny Jim Gaines Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen James Allenby
J Jean Foster Ellen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie Ruth Lait
B Bill Mackey Trooper
E Earl D.A. Smith Hannibal
Alfre Woodard Katie
F Fred Covington Sheriff Bentley
Sonny Shroyer Jason Hugar
E Ernest Dixon Marion Jefferson
S Sylvia Kuumba Williams Louise Jefferson

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