Muhammad Ali stars as Gideon Jackson, a former slave who rises to become a U.S. Senator in the 1870s, fighting to protect the land and rights of fellow freed slaves and white sharecroppers in Virginia.
Freedom Road
Gideon Jackson, a former slave, returns home after fighting in the Civil War as a free man and becomes a U.S. senator, but his journey to achieve true equality with his former white master remains uncertain.
