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Take a Giant Step

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This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.

Date: 12/01/1959
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O'Neal, Beah Richards, Ellen Holly, Paulene Myers, Royce Wallace, Frances Foster, Roy Glenn, Dee Pollock, Bill Walker, Bernie Hamilton, Delmar Erickson, Sherman Raskin

Johnny Nash as Spencer Scott in Take a Giant Step Johnny Nash

Estelle Hemsley as Grandmother Martin in Take a Giant Step Estelle Hemsley

Ruby Dee as Christine in Take a Giant Step Ruby Dee

Frederick O'Neal as Lem Scott in Take a Giant Step Frederick O'Neal

Beah Richards as May Scott in Take a Giant Step Beah Richards

Ellen Holly as The Girl in the Bar in Take a Giant Step Ellen Holly

Paulene Myers as Violet in Take a Giant Step Paulene Myers

Royce Wallace

Frances Foster as Poppy in Take a Giant Step Frances Foster

Roy Glenn as Minister in Take a Giant Step Roy Glenn

Dee Pollock as Tony in Take a Giant Step Dee Pollock

Bill Walker as Frank in Take a Giant Step Bill Walker

Bernie Hamilton as Bar Sharpie in Take a Giant Step Bernie Hamilton

Delmar Erickson

Sherman Raskin

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