The 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.
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African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story by Bruce M. Conforth (Scarecrow Press) |
Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory by H. Gregory Nokes (Oregon State University Press) |
Lynching Beyond Dixie: American Mob Violence Outside the South by Michael J. Pfeifer (University of Illinois Press) |
Racism in the Nation’s Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson’s America by Eric S. Yellin (University of North Carolina Press) |
The Material Gene: Gender, Race, and Heredity After the Human Genome Project by Kelly E. Happe (New York University Press) |