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"The Help" moved me to tears!
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 458144" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>I just looked up Medgar Evers to see what time period the movie represented. He died in 1963. In our community things had modernized by then so I assumed the movie was probably around 1953. Guess not, lol. The movie was more accurate for late 40's and 50's behavior in my experience.</p><p></p><p>Most of my friends had help five or six days a week that stayed working for the same family for ten, twenty, thirty years or more. A few had an extra bathroom in the garage..but most of the time the kids would run in there from play and use it too. The public restrooms were segregated at the bus station and the train station etc. but I never was aware of that issue at anyone's home. There were rules that almost all families used. No lipstick or makeup. No front door. Fresh uniform every day. Limited use of the phone. That was just the way it was. In our City no blacks were allowed to be there after dark unless they had a note from the family they worked for saying they had been kept late for a party or something. On the rare occasions that my family entertained my Dad always paid up front for one of her friends to come pick her up in the evening...and if her friend didn't show up, my Dad would driver her to her home. Her boyfriend worked many jobs and did our yard once a week. He also helped when parties took place.</p><p></p><p>I've pretty well absorbed the impact of the movie now....thank heavens! DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 458144, member: 35"] I just looked up Medgar Evers to see what time period the movie represented. He died in 1963. In our community things had modernized by then so I assumed the movie was probably around 1953. Guess not, lol. The movie was more accurate for late 40's and 50's behavior in my experience. Most of my friends had help five or six days a week that stayed working for the same family for ten, twenty, thirty years or more. A few had an extra bathroom in the garage..but most of the time the kids would run in there from play and use it too. The public restrooms were segregated at the bus station and the train station etc. but I never was aware of that issue at anyone's home. There were rules that almost all families used. No lipstick or makeup. No front door. Fresh uniform every day. Limited use of the phone. That was just the way it was. In our City no blacks were allowed to be there after dark unless they had a note from the family they worked for saying they had been kept late for a party or something. On the rare occasions that my family entertained my Dad always paid up front for one of her friends to come pick her up in the evening...and if her friend didn't show up, my Dad would driver her to her home. Her boyfriend worked many jobs and did our yard once a week. He also helped when parties took place. I've pretty well absorbed the impact of the movie now....thank heavens! DDD [/QUOTE]
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