The Defender
Scipio Africanus Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elaine, AR massacre of 1919, when a group of Black sharecroppers meeting in a church about unionization were attacked by a posse organized by white landowners.
- Year: 1970
- Country: United States of America
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- Studio: Searchlight Pictures, 21 Laps Entertainment
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- Director: George Tillman Jr.
- Cast: Sterling K. Brown