Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

books-pileThe Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE. Here are the latest selections.

Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.


Ambiguous Anniversary:
The Bicentennial of the International Slave Trade Bans

edited by Daniel T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis
(University of South Carolina Press)

Black Asset Poverty and the Enduring Racial Divide
by Lori Latrice Martin
(Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Searching for Zion:
The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora

by Emily Raboteau
(Atlantic Monthly Press)

This Is the Day:
The March on Washington

by Leonard Freed
(Getty Publications)

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