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Freedom Road

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Freedom Road

4.8

3h 6m

1979

Synopsis

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.

Director

Ján Kadár

Drama

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Cast & Crew

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

as Gideon Jackson

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

as Abner Lait

Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

as Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

as Stephen Holmes

John McLiam

John McLiam

as President Ulysses S. Grant

Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis

as Narrator

Barbara O. Jones

Barbara O. Jones

as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

Sonny Jim Gaines

as Brother Peter

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

as James Allenby

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