Freedom Road

    Freedom Road
    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.

      Your Movie Library

      Cast

      • Muhammad AliGideon Jackson
      • Kris KristoffersonAbner Lait
      • Ron O'NealFrancis Cardoza
      • Edward HerrmannStephen Holmes
      • John McLiamPresident Ulysses S. Grant
      • Ossie DavisNarrator
      • Barbara O. JonesRachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
      • Sonny Jim GainesBrother Peter
      • Joel FluellenJames Allenby
      • Jean FosterEllen Allenby

      Recommendations

      Be the first to write about Freedom Road.