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:


Africana Studies:
Theoretical Futures

by Grant Farred
(Temple University Press)

Black Bodies in the River:
Searching for Freedom Summer

by Davis W. Houck
(University Press of Mississippi)

The Critique of Nonviolence:
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Philosophy

by Mark Christian Thompson
(Stanford University Press)

Hip Hop Heresies:
Queer Aesthetics in New York City

by Shante Paradigm Smalls
(New York University Press)

Images on a Mission in Early Modern Kongo and Angola
by Cecile Fromont
(Pennsylvania State University Press)

Living the Dream:
The Contested History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

by Daniel T. Fleming
(University of North Carolina Press)

Memoirs of Race, Color, and Belonging
by Nicole Stamant
(Routledge)

Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta:
Essays to Mark the Centennial of the Elaine Massacre

edited by Michael Pierce and Calvin White Jr.
(University of Arkansas Press)

Riding Jane Crow:
African American Women on the American Railroad

by Miriam Thaggert
(University of Illinois Press)

The Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things:
Art from an African American South

edited by Bernard L. Herman
(University of North Carolina Press)

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Saint Augustine’s University Maintains Its Accreditation

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has reversed a December 2023 decision to strip Saint Augustine's University of its accreditation. Now the SACSCOC has the affirmed the HBCU's accreditation through December 2024.

Five Black Scholars Selected for New Faculty Appointments

The Black scholars appointed to new faculty positions are Ishion Hutchinson at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Martha Hurley at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, Sandy Alexendre at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Marcia Chatelain at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dwight A. McBride at Washington University in St. Louis.

Fayetteville State University Launches Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management and Technology

Students who enroll in the new degree program at Fayetteville State University will learn about supply chain management fundamentals, enterprise resource planning systems, operations planning and control, project management, global trends in logistics, and disaster management.

Ruby Perry Honored for Lifetime Achievement by the American Veterinary Medical Association

Dr. Perry is a professor of veterinary radiology and dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University. She has the distinct honor of being the first-ever African American woman board-certified veterinary radiologist.
spot_img

Featured Jobs