Gideon Jackson
Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
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.
Cast
Abner Lait
Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait
Francis Cardoza
Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
Stephen Holmes
Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes
President Ulysses S. Grant
John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant
Narrator
Ossie Davis
Narrator
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Brother Peter
Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter
James Allenby
Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
Ellen Allenby
Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby
Ruth Lait
Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait
Trooper
Bill Mackey
Trooper
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