Why Moses And Miriam Are Individuals And Leaders In the time of Moses, the Egyptian Pharaoh had enslaved the Israelites. They were forced to build monuments and buildings. The Israelites could not defend their rights, and lead themselves out of Egypt to save themselves from injustice. Moses was asked by God to lead the Israelites to freedom. In the movie “The Long Walk Home,” the story takes place in 1955 in Montgomery Alabama. The black people experienced very little freedom. They were not allowed to sit at the front of the bus with white people. As a result of this racism, they started a boycott. No black person would ride the city buses. Instead, they walked e