Muhammad Ali stars as Gideon Jackson, a former slave who becomes the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate in the 1870s, fighting to protect the land and livelihoods of his people in a racial and economic battle.
Freedom Road
Gideon Jackson, a freed slave, returns home from the Civil War and eventually becomes a U.S. senator, but his pursuit of true equality with his former master remains an ongoing struggle.
