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.com.


Inequality in School Discipline:
Research and Practice to Reduce Disparities

edited by Russell J. Skiba et al.
(Palgrave Macmillan)

Our Compelling Interests:
The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society

edited by Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor
(Princeton University Press)

The Harlem Renaissance and the Idea of a New Negro Reader
by Shawn Anthony Christian
(University of Massachusetts Press)

The Voting Rights War:
The NAACP and the Ongoing Struggle for Justice

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

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