also a. k. a soldier of change . black be black and white be white . randy barrignton ( heath freeman ) be a young man that find himself in the midst of the 1960 riot and revolution . be part of the front line of the struggle for civil right while he be summon into the viet nam war . randy most heroic struggle though be with his wealthy father ( charles shaughnessy ) and when he fall in love with hallie ( stacey dash ) . hallie be black and her family too be divide over her choice of endearment . it be after all the 60 and the world be hardly ease into change of attitude toward war and personal right and personal freedom and the mixing of the race . other notable cast member include represent clifton davis and ben vereen and william r. moses .