Question:  The film "Tap Roots" is loosely based on the life story of a Southern Unionist that held what position in MIssissippi's Reconstruction government?
Sentence (from "Newton Knight"): Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Relevant evidence: No