Recent Books 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.


Harry T. Burleigh:
From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance

by Jean E. Snyder
(University of Illinois Press)

Painting the Gospel:
Black Public Art and Religion in Chicago

by Kymberly N. Pinder
(University of Illinois Press)
Race and Secularism in America
edited by Jonathan S. Kahn and Vincent W. Lloyd
(Columbia University Press)

Real Love, No Drama:
The Music of Mary J. Blige

by Danny Alexander
(University of Texas Press)

Speculative Blackness:
The Future of Race in Science Fiction

by Andre M. Carrington
(University of Minnesota Press)


The African Imagination in Music
by Kofi Agawu
(Oxford University Press)

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Bennett College President Suzanne Elise Walsh Announces Resignation

"I am so grateful for the opportunity to have led Bennett College through a period of significant transformation," said President Walsh. "Bennett College is well-situated for its next chapter of growth and impact."

How Black Immigrants Transform the Urban Demographic Landscape

"Immigrant status appears to transform the racialized hierarchies in residential patterns, thus challenging sociological notions of a monolithic Blackness," writes study author Dr. Nima Dahir, assistant professor at Ohio State University.

Jerry Dickinson to Lead the University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Dickinson first joined the Pitt Law faculty in 2017 and has served as vice dean for the past two years. His academic expertise centers around constitutional law.

Black Americans Own Three Percent of Employer Business in the United States

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2022 less than 195,000 of the 5.9 million employer firms in the United States in 2022 were owned by Black Americans.

Featured Jobs