Freedom Road

4.8
19793h 6m

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

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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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Ossie Davis

Narrator

Photo of Barbara O. Jones

Barbara O. Jones

Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

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Joel Fluellen

James Allenby

Photo of Sonny Shroyer

Sonny Shroyer

Jason Hugar

Photo of William Allen Young

William Allen Young

Older Jeff Jackson

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Peter Gabb

3rd White Trash Delegate

Photo of Don Hood

Don Hood

Gen. Ganfret

Photo of Danny Nelson

Danny Nelson

Auctioneer

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Afemo Omilami

Young Black Man with Scars

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Gregory White

Clair Willis

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