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:


The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions:
A Conversation about Education, Parenting, and Race

by Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown
(Johns Hopkins University Press)

The Education of Betsey Stockton:
An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

by Gregory Nobles
(University of Chicago Press)

The Families’ Civil War:
Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice

by Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.
(University of Georgia Press)

How to Raise an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi
(One World)

Maroons in Guyane:
Past, Present, Future

by Richard Price and Sally Price
(University of Georgia Press)

Trajectories of Empire:
Transhispanic Reflections on the African Diaspora

edited by Jerome C. Branche
(Vanderbilt University Press)

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