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. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, JBHE will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

Here are the latest selections:


1620:
A Critical Response to the 1619 Project

by Peter W. Wood
(Encounter Books)

A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
(Crown Publishing)

Beyoncé:
At Work, On Screen, and Online

edited by Martin Iddon and Melanie L. Marshall
(Indiana University Press)

Emerald Street:
A History of Hip Hop in Seattle

by Daudi Abe
(University of Washington Press)

Light for the World to See:
A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

by Kwame Alexander
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Recasting the Vote:
How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement

by Cathleen D. Cahill
(University of North Carolina Press)

Tacit Racism
by Anne Warfield Rawls and Waverly Duck
(University of Chicago Press)

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
by Emmanuel Acho
(Flatiron Books)

When Sunday Comes:
Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras

by Claudrena N. Harold
(University of Illinois Press)

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