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 in America:
The Paradox of the Color Line

by Enobong Hannah Branch and Christina Jackson
(Polity)

Fairytale:
The Pointer Sisters’ Family Story

by Anita Pointer and Fritz Pointer
(Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing)

Health Care Off the Books:
Poverty, Illness, and Strategies for Survival in Urban America

by Danielle T. Raudenbush
(University of California Press)

Suddenly Diverse:
How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality

by Erica O. Turner
(University of Chicago Press)

The Anthropological Lens:
Rethinking E. E. Evans-Pritchard

by Christopher Morton
(Oxford University Press)

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Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

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