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.


African Coalitions and Global Economic Governance
by Michael Byron Nelson
(Cambridge University Press)

Brown v. Board of Education:
A Fight for Simple Justice

by Susan Goldman Rubin
(Holiday House)

Dark Work:
The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island

by Christy Clark-Pujara
(New York University Press)

Margaret Garner:
The Premiere Performances of Toni Morrison’s Libretto

by La Vinia Delois Jennings
(University of Virginia Press)

Obama on Our Minds:
The Impact of Obama on the Psyche of America

edited by Lori A. Barker
(Oxford University Press)

Spirit in the Dark:
A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics

by Josef Sorett
(Oxford University Press)

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