Those Who Saw the Sun

African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South

De: Jaha Nailah Avery

Narrado por: Kim Staunton, Arnell Powell, Jaha Nailah Avery

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 listen to their stories, their similarities and differences, where they agree and disagree, and where they overcame obstacles and found joy, feels truly like a gift.

©2023 Jaha Nailah Avery (P)2023 Recorded Books

A great listen

I’m very grateful for the stories shared in this book. It’s very important that work like this be done. America as a whole shouldn’t forget stories like these.