Jhu Press Journals Podcasts

Paige Gray joins us to discuss her research examining "The Defender Junior", a children's section that ran in the early 20th century in the widely circulated and profoundly influential African American newspaper "The Chicago Defender". Her paper, "Join the Club: African American Children's Literature, Social Change, and the Chicago Defender Junior" was originally published in Children's Literature Association Quarterly, and was recently featured in The Conversation.