Jaha Nailah Avery

3 days ago | essence.com | Jaha Nailah Avery

Pleasant Company’s mission was to make history accessible to young girls, using dolls. Each American Girl character had a series of books, and corresponding dolls, that explored her story in a particular time throughout history. The company started in 1986, and by the early 1990s, American Girl was everywhere. There were full spreads in catalogs, commercials on TV, and copies of the books in school libraries everywhere.

1 month ago | essence.com | Jaha Nailah Avery

Monrowe NYC Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter highlights the history of African American influence in the making of American Western culture, uplifting country music, cowboy life, and entrepreneurship in the Wild West.

2 months ago | slj.com | Jaha Nailah Avery |Melanie Crowder |Megan Benedict |Shauntay Grant

In 1977, the NCTE Excellence in Children’s Poetry Award Committee was established to honor outstanding poets who write for children. Since its inception, the committee has selected an outstanding poet every two years and begun selecting annual notable lists of poetry and novels in verse. This year, the committee is pleased to recognize twelve outstanding books of poetry and nine novels in verse as the 2025 Notable Books.

Jun 20, 2024 | cntraveler.com | Jaha Nailah Avery

New Orleans is one of the most vibrant cities in the world—full of rich history, diverse heritage, and mouthwatering cuisine. And the city’s Black communities and cultures have long been a driving force in shaping New Orleans, which was founded in 1718, into the city we know today. Visitors who only hit Bourbon Street for a hurricane cocktail will largely miss out on the unique and memorable Black experiences that can deepen understanding and appreciation of the very pulse of New Orleans.

Oct 30, 2023 | sonderbooks.com | Jaha Nailah Avery

Those Who Saw the SunAfrican American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South Review posted March 9, 2024. Levine Querido, 2023. 277 pages. Review written October 30, 2023, from a copy sent to me by the publisher. Those Who Saw the Sun is a collection of interviews with African American elders, most of whom were born during the 1940s and 1950s, and all of whom were kids in the Jim Crow era.