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 Oscars:
From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us About African Americans

by Frederick Gooding Jr.
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Pauulu’s Diaspora:
Black Internationalism and Environmental Justice

by Quito J. Swan
(University Press of Florida)

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