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Freedom Road (1979)

4.8 | Oct 29, 1979 (US) | Drama | 03:06

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

Director
Stunt Double
Editor
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Novel
Executive Producer

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
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Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
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Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter
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Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
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Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby