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The movie we saw was about a famous African American who was a Radical Republican. Vernon John wanted peace and equality between the races in our nation specially between the blacks and whites. The movie shows in detail how things like the Jim Crow Laws limited the rights of blacks, and Mr. John’s wanted to make a change. He was a Radical Republican and challenged things such as the Jim Crow Laws and the Black Codes to prove that everyone deserves the same rights and freedom. The movie shows him fighting and struggling in life to get the respect that him and his family deserves. He moves into the town his family lives in and end up being one of the pastures of the church. He shows people that they should speak up for themselves and not go by what the whites think is right. He gives people hopes and dreams to be somethin