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.


An Unseen Light:
Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee

edited by Aram Goudsouzian and Charles W. McKinney Jr.
(University Press of Kentucky)

Marriage in Black:
The Pursuit of Married Life Among American-Born and Immigrant Blacks

by Katrina Bell McDonald and Caitlin Cross-Barnet
(Routledge)

Most of 14th Street Is Gone:
The Washington, DC Riots of 1968

by J. Samuel Walker
(Oxford University Press)

One Blood:
Parting Words to the Church on Race

by John M. Parkins
(Moody Publishers)

The Seminarian:
Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age

by Patrick Parr
(Chicago Review Press)

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