 In the iconic film, Buck and the Preacher, Ruby Dee tells Sidney Poitier this hope for a new start. It was all a lie. They don't give us nothing. Not no 40 acres and no mule. And not freedom, neither. You'll find these same kinds of scenes in the made-for-TV miniseries, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Roots, and Freedom's Road, starring the great Muhammad Ali. Sure speak for all the Negroes here. They just want a little farm.