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Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
Jaha Nailah Avery
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books/Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1-64614-244-6
Keywords: Oral Histories, African American Segregation History, Jim Crow
Ten engaging interviews of African American elders describing their lives in the South during the Jim Crow era. Archival photographs. Appendix of people, places, events, and terms.