Freedom Road

5.2 1979 186 min
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.…

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Director
Ján Kadár
Writer
David Zelag Goodman

Cast

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Muhammad Ali Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal Francis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann Stephen Holmes
John McLiam President Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis Narrator
Barbara O. Jones Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Sonny Jim Gaines Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen James Allenby
Jean Foster Ellen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie Ruth Lait
Bill Mackey Trooper
Earl D.A. Smith Hannibal
Alfre Woodard Katie
Fred Covington Sheriff Bentley
Sonny Shroyer Jason Hugar
Ernest Dixon Marion Jefferson
Sylvia Kuumba Williams Louise Jefferson

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