The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Went to see The Help - the movie.  I think they did a very good job with it.  They really seemed to capture the look and feel of Mississippi.  Since I never lived there - I can't be sure - but it sure felt right.  Octavia Spencer as Millie was very affecting.  Her relationship with Celia was the key to the movie - and showed us all how life was very stratified.  Social pressures confined everyone much more than today, but, of course, African-Americans were confined legally and socially.

I have read the book, which was very affecting.  Again, the tone rang true to me.  I was too young in 1963 to be aware of events happening in the greater world.  I am glad Stockett has been able to make me aware of the sacrifices African-Americans made on a daily basis.