Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The 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.


Reading African American Autobiography:
Twenty-First-Century Contexts and Criticism

edited by Eric D. Lamore
(University of Wisconsin Press)

Slavery at Sea:
Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage

by Sowande M. Mustakeem
(University of Illinois Press)

Talking Back, Talking Black:
Truths About America’s Lingua Franca

by John McWhorter
(Bellevue Literary Press)

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