Lou Gossett Jr. did not have any connection or association with the 1989 film "Glory". This film is an American historical war drama that was directed by Edward Zwick and co-produced by TriStar Pictures and Freddie Fields Productions. The film's storyline is about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army's first African-American regiment in the American Civil War. It stars Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's commanding officer, and Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, and Morgan Freeman as fictional members of the 54th. Other cast members include Andre Braugher, Jihmi Kennedy, Cliff DeYoung, Alan North, John Finn, RonReaco Lee, Donovan Leitch, Bob Gunton, Jay O. Sanders, Raymond St. Jacques, Richard Riehle, JD Cullum, Christian Baskous, and Peter Michael Goetz.

The movie is based on the books "Lay This Laurel" (1973) by Lincoln Kirstein and "One Gallant Rush" (1965) by Peter Burchard, and the personal letters of Shaw. The film depicts the soldiers of the 54th from the formation of their regiment to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner (July 1863).

In his career, Lou Gossett Jr. played Jeriba Shigan, aka "Jerry", in "Enemy Mine" (1985), George Murchison in "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961), and Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley, USMC in "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982).

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