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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.


Every Morning A Foot Is Looking For My Neck
by Bonita Lee Penn
(Central Square Press)

Freedom Faith:
The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall
by Courtney Pace
(University of Georgia Press)

The Romare Bearden Reader
edited by Robert G. O’Meally
(Duke University Press)

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