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:


From Lament to Advocacy:
Black Religious Education and Public Ministry

edited by Anne E. Streaty Wimberly et al.
(Foundery Books)

Jamaica Ladies:
Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain’s Atlantic Empire

by Christine Walker
(University of North Carolina Press)

Judaism, Race, and Ethics:
Conversations and Questions

edited by Jonathan K. Crane
(Pennsylvania State University Press)

Shopping While Black:
Consumer Racial Profiling in America

by Shaun L. Gabbidon and George E. Higgins
(Routledge)

The International Handbook of Black Community Mental Health
edited by Richard Majors et al.
(Emerald Publishing)

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