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 Civil Rights:
Racial Realism in the New American Workplace

by John Skrentny
(Princeton University Press)
 

Devour Us Not:
Short Stories of African American History

by Arnold P. Powers
(Xlibris Corporation)



Postmodernism, Traditional Cultural Forms, and African American Narratives

by W. Lawrence Hogue
(State University of New York Press)


The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History

edited by John Parker and Richard Reid
(Oxford University Press)


Winning While Losing:
Civil Rights, the Conservative Movement, and the Presidency From Nixon to Obama

edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White
(University Press of Florida)

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