The Real Help (11 books)

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The Association of Black Women Historians' list of recommended reads as a response to the revisionist history found in The Help.

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1		The Street by Ann Petry 4.27 avg rating — 13,621 ratings score: 495, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody 4.13 avg rating — 11,688 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow by Jacqueline A. Jones 4.19 avg rating — 279 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Book of Night Women by Marlon James 4.37 avg rating — 15,175 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		To 'joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War by Tera W. Hunter 4.18 avg rating — 669 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic's Life (BLACK WOMEN WRITERS SERIES) by Alice Childress 4.14 avg rating — 457 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		A Million Nightingales by Susan Straight (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 621 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Living In, Living Out: African American Domestics in Washington, D.C., 1910-1940 by Elizabeth Clark-Lewis 4.06 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household by Thavolia Glymph 4.30 avg rating — 470 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		The Black Foster Youth Handbook by Ángela Quijada-Banks 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White #1) by Barbara Neely 3.76 avg rating — 5,249 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

11 books · 9 voters · list created September 12th, 2011 by Amanda (votes) .

Tags: african-american, african-american-history, black-history, history, the-help, women, women-s-history, womens-history

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message 1: by Amanda (new)

Feb 21, 2012 10:18AM

Amanda

If you read one nonfiction book on this list, I recommend To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War. If you want one fiction book that, in style and popular appeal, is most like The Help, I recommend Blanche on the Lam.

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message 2: by Luke (new)

Jul 12, 2015 02:22PM

Luke

Removed for not being on the original list:

The Ways of White Folks
Ruth and the Green Book

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message 3: by Amanda (new)

Jul 14, 2015 07:41AM

Amanda

Aubrey wrote: "Removed for not being on the original list:

The Ways of White Folks
Ruth and the Green Book"

Thank you!!

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