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.


Black Queer Hoe
by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
(Haymarket Books)

The Grind:
Black Women and Survival in the Inner City

by Alexis S. McCurn
(Rutgers University Press)

The Handbook of Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
edited by Ramiro Martinez Jr. et al
(Wiley-Blackwell)

The Third Option:
Hope for a Racially Divided Nation

by Miles McPherson
(Howard Books)

Unpunished Murder:
Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice

by Lawrence Goldstone
(Scholastic Nonfiction)

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