cast
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Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
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Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait
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Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
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Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes
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John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant
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Ossie Davis
Narrator
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Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
- Sonny Jim Gaines Brother Peter
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Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
- Jean Foster Ellen Allenby
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Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait
- Bill Mackey Trooper
- Earl D.A. Smith Hannibal
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Alfre Woodard
Katie
- Fred Covington Sheriff Bentley
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Sonny Shroyer
Jason Hugar
- Ernest Dixon Marion Jefferson
- Sylvia Kuumba Williams Louise Jefferson
- Tom Delaney Will Boone
- Ron Gural Frank Carlson
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William Allen Young
Older Jeff Jackson
- Tony Ross Young Jeff Jackson
- Eric Washington Older Marcus Jackson
- Rodney King Adams Young Marcus Jackson
- Howard Brunner Lawyer Greene
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Howland Chamberlain
Isaac Went
- Georgia Allen Mrs. Carter
- James Bowman 1st White Trash Delegate
- Don Brady 2nd White Trash Delegate
- Robert Bloodworth Major at Convention
- Barbara Chaney Mrs. Ganfret
- Stuart Culpepper Major Walsh
- Lionel Ferbis Jr. Uncle Baddy
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Peter Gabb
3rd White Trash Delegate
- Ian Graham Jimmy Lait
- Jerome Greene Black Delegate
- Bill Holliday Yankee Boss
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Don Hood
Gen. Ganfret
- Maurice Hunt Dudley Carwell
- Don Lutenbacher Convention Speaker
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Ritchie Montgomery
Soldier
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Danny Nelson
Auctioneer
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Afemo Omilami
Young Black Man with Scars
- Courtney Pledger Mrs. Dupre
- David Robbins Wounded Redshirt
- Jeremiah Shabazz Well-Dressed Black Delegate
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Gregory White
Clair Willis
- Bob Zay Roger Dupre