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Freedom Road

48% | Oct 29, 1979 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Bill Webb
Set Decoration
Ján Kadár
Director

Cast

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Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
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Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
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Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes
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John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant

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