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.


Ghosts of Jim Crow:
Ending Racism in Post-Racial America

by F. Michael Higginbotham
(New York University Press)

Intellectuals and Race
by Thomas Sowell
(Basic Books)

Shocking the Conscience:
A Reporter’s Account of the Civil Rights Movement

by Simeon Booker
(University Press of Mississippi)

The Cinema and Its Shadow:
Race and Technology in Early Cinema

by Alice Maurice
(University of Minnesota Press)

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