Cicely Tyson
Slavery was officially abolished in the United States in
1865. Since then, there have been a number of interesting films depicting
the horrors of slavery. One such film, "A Woman Called Moses,"
starring African-American Cicely Tyson, directed by Paul Wendkos, was released
in 1978.
In this film, Cicely Tyson played the role of real-life
escaped slave Harriet Tubman. At the risk of recapture, Tubman helped organize
the Underground Railroad, which enabled hundreds of enslaved African Americans to make their way to the freedom of the Northern states.