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.
African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941-1945: Race, Nationality, and the Fight for Freedom by Chris Dixon (Cambridge University Press) |
Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge (Vanderbilt University Press) |
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Desegregating Dixie: The Catholic Church in the South and Desegregation, 1945-1992 by Mark Newman (University Press of Mississippi) |
Education Marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policies, Politics, and Marginality by Obed Mfum-Mensah (Lexington Books) |
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Fugitive Slaves and Spaces of Freedom in North America edited by Damian Alan Pargas (University Press of Florida) |
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry (Beacon Press) |
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Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing by WIl Haygood (Alfred A. Knopf) |
We Shall Overcome: Press Photographs of Nashville During the Civil Rights Era edited by Kathryn E. Delmez (Vanderbilt-Fritz Art Museum) |