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.

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Final Passages:
The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807

by Gregory E. O’Malley
(University of North Carolina Press)

Knock at the Door of Opportunity:
Black Migration to Chicago, 1900-1919

by Christopher Robert Reed
(Southern Illinois University Press)

Performing Anti-Slavery:
Activist Women on Antebellum Stages

by Gay Gibson Cima
(Cambridge University Press)

This Ain’t Chicago:
Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South

by Zandria F. Robinson
(University of North Carolina Press)

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