The Real Help (11 books)

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 — 13,410 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 — 11,639 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 — 278 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 — 15,080 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 — 668 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 — 454 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 — 619 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 — 471 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 — 5,221 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