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.


A Renegade Union:
Interracial Organizing and Labor Radicalism

by Lisa Phillips
(University of Illinois Press)

Dividing Lines:
Class Anxiety and Postbellum Black Fiction

by Andrea N. Williams
(University of Michigan Press)

Eudora Welty, Whiteness, and Race
edited by Harriet Pollack
(University of Georgia Press)

Master of the Mountain:
Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves

by Henry Wiencek
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Radical Moves:
Caribbean Migrants and the Politics of Race in the Jazz Age

by Lara Putnam
(University of North Carolina Press)

Spectacular Wickedness:
Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans

by Emily Epstein Landau
(Louisiana State University Press)

The Stickup Kids:
Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream

by Randol Contreras
(University of California Press)

Visionary Women Writers of Chicago’s Black Arts Movement
by Carmen L. Phelps
(University Press of Mississippi)

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the FREE JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Texas Southern University Requests $120 Million to Construct New Building for Its Law School

In 2021, the American Bar Association informed Texas Southern University that the HBCU's law school building did not comply with safety standards, putting the law school at risk of losing accreditation. To make the required updates, the university has recently requested $120 million from state legislators.

New Dean Appointments for Four African American Scholars

Tanya Walker at the University of Arkansa at Pine Bluff, Nicole Hall at the University of Virginia, Kimberly Moffitt at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Charles Smith at Gordon State College in Barnesville, Georgia, have been appointed to dean positions.

Winston-Salem State University to Participate in Space Agriculture Research Project

On an upcoming Blue Origin mission to space, rocket scientist and entrepreneur Aisha Bowe will conduct an experiment led by Winston-Salem State University's Astrobotany Lab.

Two Black Professors Selected for New Roles in Higher Education

K. Paige Carmichael has been promoted to University Professor at the University of Georgia and Boise State University Instructor Michael Strickland has been selected to represent higher education on the Serve Idaho Commission.

Featured Jobs