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:


Degrees of Equality:
Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race

by John Frederick Bell
(Louisiana State University Press)

The Movement Made Us:
A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride

by David J. Dennis Jr. and David J. Dennis Sr.
(Harper)

Never Together:
The Economic History of a Segregated America

by Peter Temin
(Cambridge University Press)

Pasifika Black:
Oceania, Anti-Colonialism, and the African World

by Quito Swan
(New York University Press)

Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination:
An Artist’s Reckoning With the South

by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore
(University of North Carolina Press)

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