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.


Black Men in Law School:
Unmatched or Mismatched

by Darrell D. Jackson
(Routledge)

Conditions of the Present:
Selected Essays

by Linda Barrett, edited by Janet Neary
(Duke University Press)

Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell
(Basic Books)

The Burning House:
Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America

by Anders Walker
(Yale University Press)

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