Those Who Saw the Sun, Jaha Nailah Avery
Those Who Saw the Sun, Jaha Nailah Avery
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Those Who Saw the Sun
African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South

Author: Jaha Nailah Avery

Narrator: Arnell Powell, Kim Staunton, Jaha Nailah Avery

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/11/2023


Synopsis

The past is not past. We may think something ancient history, or something that doesn’t affect our present day, but we would be wrong.

Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories told by Black people who grew up in the South during the time of Jim Crow. Jaha Nailah Avery is a lawyer, scholar, and reporter whose family has roots in North Carolina stretching back over 300 years. These interviews have been a personal passion project for years as she’s traveled across the South meeting with elders and hearing their stories.

One of the most important things a culture can do is preserve history, truthfully.

In Those Who Saw the Sun we have the special privilege of hearing this history as it was experienced by those who were really there. The opportunity to read their stories, their similarities and differences, where they agree and disagree, and where they overcame obstacles and found joy, feels truly like a gift.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Raymond

"Jim Crow wasn't nothing but slavery, wrapped up in a nice little gift card." -Rev. John Kennard Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of oral histories from 10 Black Americans who lived in the Jim Crow South. They talk about a variety of topics including: their families and upbringing, tragic storie......more

Goodreads review by Katrina

I took my time with this one, and I'm glad. The most remarkable thing about it for me was seeing certain similarities crop up among all of these different people. Nearly every, if not all, of the interviewees reflected on two specific circumstances that caught my attention. 1) The positive aspects o......more

Goodreads review by Apollo

what an amazing collection of testimonies, i really enjoyed reading each and every single interview about these people’s experiences growing up in jim crow. there was some varying of experience, but something pretty much every single person talked about was the affront of realizing every school text......more

Goodreads review by caro.

This is such an important book; oral history is so sacred and I really appreciate the author taking the time to allow the interviewees to be themselves and talk about what they did remember about the Jim Crow Era, and not pressure them into talking about things they really couldn’t. It’s important t......more