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:


All for Liberty:
The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion of 1849

by Jeff Strickland
(Cambridge University Press)

Expanding the Foundation:
African American Authors of Young Adult Literature, 1980-2000

edited by Steven T. Bickmore and Shanetia P. Clark
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Investing in the Educational Success of Black Women and Girls
edited by Lori D. Patton et al.
(Stylus Publishing)

Journalism and Jim Crow:
White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America

edited by Kathy Roberts Forde and Sid Bedingfield
(University of Illinois Press)

Louisiana Creole Peoplehood:
Afro-Indigeneity and Community

edited by Rain Prud’homme-Cranford et al.
(University of Washington Press)

The Marion Thompson Wright Reader
edited by Graham Russell Gao Hodges
(Rutgers University Press)

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