President Grant pushes congress for the power to protect the Freedmen's right to vote and to help install Joseph Rainey, the first black man elected to the House. He gets help from a black militia leader named Captain Jim Williams. 

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Starring James Black as Ulysses S Grant.

Also featuring:

William Jackson Harper

Sydney James Harcourt

Francois Battiste

Kelly Jenrette 

Jason Douglas

Christopher Murney

Kurt Rhoades

Dr. Raymond Christian 

Charlie Campbell

Matt Gray

Ashley Wood

Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla

Written by Steven Walters 

Directed by Steven Walters and Robert McCollum

Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham and Steven Walters

Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla and Robert McCollum

Consulting Producer: Jonathan Norton

Music by Lindsay Graham

Audio editing by Mollie Baack

Sound Design by Derek Behrens and Lindsay Graham

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