Vernon Johns Story, The The Road To Freedom

History

James Earl Jones	Vernon Johns
Mary Alice	Altona
Joe Seneca	Deacon Wilkes
Tommy Hollis	Coach Hill
Nicole Leach	Baby Dee
Ashanti Nailah Blaize	Enid
Lashayla Logan	Jeanne
Clifton James	Judge Blake
Shelby Ware	Janet Whitcomb
Cissy Houston	Rose
Vernon Johns Story
Garland Bunting
Moses Gibson
Joe Inscoe

Director	Kenneth Fink
Producer	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Michael Gornick; Mitchell Galin; David Kappes
Writer	Leslie Lee; Kevin Arkadie

This film documents the true story of Southern pastor Vernon Johns, one of the original architects of the Civil Rights Movement. Johns found his calling in the 1950s, after racial tension resulted in the murder of a fellow deacon, and the rape of a young woman. Enraged, Johns inspired his congregation to fight racial injustice, and later passed the torch of his convictions and efforts to a member of his church -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.