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.


Accounting for Ethnic and Racial Diversity:
The Challenge of Enumeration

edited by Patrick Simon and Victor Piche
(Routledge)

Acting White?
Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America

by Devon W. Carbado and Mitu Gulati
(Oxford University Press)

Africa and France:
Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism

by Dominic Thomas
(Indiana University Press)

Beyond Home Plate:
Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball

edited by Michael G. Long
(Syracuse University Press)

Detroit:
Race Riots, Racial Conflicts, and Efforts to Bridge the Racial Divide

by Joe T. Darden and Richard W. Thomas
(Michigan State University Press)

Rebellion in Black and White:
Southern Student Activism in the 1960s

edited by Robert Cohen and David J. Snyder
(Johns Hopkins University Press)

Saving the Neighborhood:
Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms

by Richard R.W. Brooks and Carol M. Rose
(Harvard University Press)

The New Mind of the South
by Tracy Thompson
(Simon & Schuster)

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