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.

Directed by: Ján Kadár
Written by: David Zelag Goodman
Release date: 1979-10-29
Runtime: 186 minutes
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