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:


A Movement in Every Direction:
Legacies of the Great Migration

edited by Jessica Bell Brown and Ryan N. Dennis
(Yale University Press)

African Modernism in America
edited by Perrin Lathrop
(American Federation of Arts)

The Global History of Black Girlhood
edited by Corrine T. Field and LaKisha Michelle Simmons
(University of Illinois Press)

Heritage and Hoop Skirts:
How Natchez Created the Old South

by Paul Hardin Kapp
(University Press of Mississippi)

The Last Folk Hero:
The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

by Jeff Pearlman
(Mariner Books)

Racist, Not Racist, Antiracist Language and the Dynamic Disaster of American Racism
by Leland Harper and Jennifer King
(Rowman and Littlefield Publishers)

Uphill:
A Memoir

by Jemele Hill
(Henry Holt)

The White Wall:
How Big Finance Bankrupts Black America

by Emily Flitter
(Atria/One Signal Publishers)

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