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
- 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
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- Ján KadárDirector
- David Zelag GoodmanWriter
- Howard FastNovel
- Charles CorrellDirector of Photography
- Terry JamesOriginal Music Composer
- Coleridge-Taylor PerkinsonOriginal Music Composer
- George Folsey Jr.Editor
- Anne GoursaudEditor
- Leland NolanProducer
- Chet WalkerProducer
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