Tag: civil rights
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When Mothers Hire Mothers: Oblique Maternal Identities in The Help
Tate Taylor’s film The Help has been discredited for exaggerating historical tropes, but served as a window into the complex relationship between African American maids and their white employers in the American South. Harry Fry analyzes The Help to discuss the racial and employment dynamics impacted ideas of motherhood.
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The Little Rock Tenth
The Little Rock Nine represent a pivotal moment in the US Civil Rights movement. Ambrose Brown explores themes of redemption and justice in this fiction piece.
Retrospect Journal 