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.


I Hear My People Singing:
Voices of African American Princeton

by Kathryn Watterson
(Princeton University Press)

Is Racism an Environmental Threat?
by Ghassan Hage
(Polity)

Race, Ethnicity and Law
edited by Mathieu Deflem
(Emerald Publishing)

The Hidden Among the Hidden:
African-American Elder Male Caregivers

by Helen K. Black et al.
(Oxford University Press)

The Making of Black Lives Matter:
A Brief History of an Idea

by Christopher J. Lebron
(Oxford University Press)

The Southern Hospitality Myth:
Ethics, Politics, Race, and American Memory

by Anthony Szczesiui
(University of Georgia Press)

Who Writes for Black Children?
African American Children’s Literature Before 1900

edited by Katharine Capshaw and Anna Mae Duane
(University of Minnesota Press)

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