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:


African Americans in the Human Sciences:
Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Vanessa P. Jackson et al.
(Lexington Books)

Carry On:
Reflections for a New Generation

by John Lewis
(Grand Central Publishing)

In Search of Liberty:
African American Internationalism in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World

edited by Ronald Angelo Johnson and Ousmane K. Power-Greene
(University of Georgia Press)

Stepping Out
by Michael Abramson
(Gingko Press)

The One Florida Initiative:
Reversing Reverse Discrimination

by Adriel A. Hilton et al.
(Hamilton Books)

The Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination
by Maxine Lavon Montgomery
(Bloomsbury Academic)

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