Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Ellis, an actress known for her role in The Help, is the star of ABC’s Quantico and co-stars in The Birth of a Nation, out on Oct. 7.

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Aunjanue Ellis: Songs for Your Soul

If you happen to be in Mississippi and see a tattered sign at a supermarket or laundromat announcing a gospel-quartet concert, forsake all else and go! These groups, made up of singers ranging from age...

By Aunjanue Ellis

If Mississippi Won't Take Down the Confederate Flag, Obama Should

It is a blight on America

By Aunjanue Ellis

The Help's Aunjanue Ellis: I Will Not Act in Mississippi Until the Flag Comes Down

The Ku Klux Klan attacked my grandfather under that flag

By Aunjanue Ellis
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