How Is African Americans Portrayed In The Movie The Help

The movie The Help, portrayed by the book The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, depicts the agonizing, prejudiced lives of African Americans in the early 1960’s in Jackson, Mississippi; characteristically from the perspective of black housemaids to the upper class white, and how they were treated- unrelentlessly inhuman. “We've Come This Far By Faith”, "The Graphic Life Of John Lewis”, “The War At Home: Forgotten Events In The Civil Rights Movement”, The Civil Rights Movement, and A History of the Civil Rights Movement and Those Who Died in the Struggle, further explore the topic of African American oppression and brutality, as well as the overall perspective of how Americans today view the Civil Rights Movement. The Help was not a movie about fighting for civil rights, but in a way, everything that happened in that movie was a small act of defiance towards that cause. The journalist in the

Celia was a woman in The Help that was none more than stoked about hiring Minnie as help. She treated her with poise and utmost respect- something that all other help rarely saw in a lifetime. At the end of the movie, Aibileen is discovered by Hilly that she was an author in Skeeter’s book, but unable to prove it, Hilly plans on framing Aibileen for stealing silver, and fires her, implying that Aibileen will be taken to jail as the movie ends. Even though treated unfairly, it is clear to the audience that Aibileen would never give up hope and she would continue to fight till her last breath for equality. That is what is so obvious to me after this research- everyone who ever fought for their rights did not do so in vain, and as burdening of a trial as it was, the Civil Rights Movement impacted so many lives, and was the spark that lit the change America so desperately