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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.


Emmett:
Legacy, Redemption and Forgiveness
by Clenora Hudson
(Author House)

Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema
by S. Torriano Berry and Venise T. Berry
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Lincoln and Emancipation
by Edna Greene Medford
(Southern Illinois University Press)

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