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Martha Southgate Guest
Martha Southgate

author, 'The Taste of Salt'

Author, her most recent novel is The Taste of Salt

FROM Martha Southgate

'The Help'
To the Point

'The Help' The Help is a film made from a book by a white woman, Katherine Stockett, about relations between white families in Mississippi and their black servants during the 1960's. It's triggered a vigorous dispute between supporters and critics.

9 min, 24 sec Aug 11, 2011

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