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.
Full Cast of The Defender
Sterling K. Brown
as Scipio Africanus Jones
After graduating from college, Brown acted in a series of roles in the regional theater. He has also appeared on nume...