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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.

Top Cast

  • Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali

    Gideon Jackson

  • Kris Kristofferson

    Kris Kristofferson

    Abner Lait

  • Ron O'Neal

    Ron O'Neal

    Francis Cardoza

  • Edward Herrmann

    Edward Herrmann

    Stephen Holmes

  • John McLiam

    John McLiam

    President Ulysses S. Grant

  • Ossie Davis

    Ossie Davis

    Narrator

  • Barbara O. Jones

    Barbara O. Jones

    Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

  • Sonny Jim Gaines

    Sonny Jim Gaines

    Brother Peter

  • Joel Fluellen

    Joel Fluellen

    James Allenby

Overview

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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