Take a Giant Step

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.

Cast

Johnny Nash

Johnny Nash

as Spencer Scott

Estelle Hemsley

Estelle Hemsley

as Grandmother Martin

Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee

as Christine

Frederick O'Neal

Frederick O'Neal

as Lem Scott

Beah Richards

Beah Richards

as May Scott

Ellen Holly

Ellen Holly

as The Girl in the Bar

Paulene Myers

Paulene Myers

as Violet

Royce Wallace

Royce Wallace

as Rose Thompson

Frances Foster

Frances Foster

as Poppy

Roy Glenn

Roy Glenn

as Minister

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