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.


After Slavery:
Race, Labor, and Citizenship in the Reconstruction South

edited by Bruce Baker and Brian Kelly
(University Press of Florida)


Eugene Bullard:
World’s First Black Fighter Pilot

by Larry Greenly
(NewSouth Books)

Health, Ethnicity, and Well-Being:
An African American Perspective

edited by Penelope J. Kinsey and Delroy Louden
(Xlibris)

The African Americans:
Many Rivers to Cross

by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Donald Yacovone
(SmileyBooks)

The Iconography of Malcolm X
by Graeme Abernethy
(University Press of Kansas)

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