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.


America’s First Black Socialist:
The Radical Life of Peter H. Clark

by Nikki M. Taylor
(University Press of Kentucky)

Black Citymakers:
How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America

by Marcus Anthony Hunter
(Oxford University Press)


Black Television Travels:
African American Media Around the Globe

by Timothy Havens
(New York University Press)


Doing the Best I Can:
Fatherhood in the Inner City

by Kathryn Edin and Timothy J. Nelson
(University of Chicago Press)

Each Hour Redeem:
Time and Justice in African American Literature

by Daylanne K. English
(University of Minnesota Press)

To Render Invisible:
Jim Crow and Public Life in New South Jacksonville

by Robert Cassanello
(University Press of Florida)

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