By the Americus Correspondent “I am passionate about helping others,” says Ty’Ronee Hamiton, Sumter County High School 2024-2025 valedictorian. “That’s why I want to be a lawyer. That’s how I can pay ...

One that allows me to help in unlimited philanthropic ways. Each financial book I read is another step preparing myself for that journey.” ...

Fifteen years after her blockbuster novel “The Help” sparked conversation and criticism for its portrayal of the lives of Black maids in the South, Kathryn Stockett is publishing a new novel. Set in ...

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Who would you send a pie To?” Spencer wrote in the caption. The Help, based on a novel of the same name by Kathryn Stockett, is set in the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, during the civil rights ...

Emilia Perez is far from the only controversial Oscar contender, as the history of cinematic awards is rife with upsets and undeserved winners. In 2011, Tate Taylor's The Helpcertainly caused some ...

is based on a 2009 novel written by author Kathryn Stockett, a white woman, that focuses more on the white voices and characters than those of the black domestic workers. "The Help" centers ...

Such was the case for 'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett, a book that would go on to become a bestseller, a critical darling, and the inspiration for an award-winning film. Yet, its journey to fame was ...

Literary fiction novels like “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett and “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee utilize storytelling to show how the world operated in the South before the civil rights movement.

Based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name, Tate Taylor wrote and directed the 2011 historical drama The Help. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney ...