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.


Between Two Worlds:
Jean Price-Mars, Haiti, and Africa

edited by Celucien L. Joseph et al.
(Lexington Books)

Chocolate Cities:
The Black Map of American Life

by Marcus Anthony Hunter and Zandria Robinson
(University of California Press)

Furiously Funny:
Comic Rage from Ralph Ellison to Chris Rock

by Terrence T. Tucker
(University Press of Florida)

So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
(Seal Press)

The Rosewood Massacre:
An Archaeology and History of Intersectional Violence

by Edward Gonzalez-Tennant
(University Press of Florida)

When They Call You a Terrorist:
A Black Lives Matter Memoir

by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
(St. Martin’s Press)

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