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.


Becoming Belafonte:
Black Artist, Public Radical

by Judith E. Smith
(University of Texas Press)

Continuing the War Against Domestic Violence
edited by Lee E. Ross
(CRC Press)

Deeply Divided:
Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America

by Doug McAdam and Karina Kloos
(Oxford University Press)

Sainthood and Race:
Marked Flesh, Holy Flesh

edited by Molly Bassett and Vincent W. Lloyd
(Routledge)

Separate Cinema:
The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art

edited by John Duke Kisch
(Reel Art Press)

Through the Heart of Dixie:
Sherman’s March and American Memory

by Anne Sarah Rubin
(University of North Carolina Press)

Wandering:
Philosophical Performances of Racial and Sexual Freedom

by Sarah Jane Cervenak
(Duke University Press)

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