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:


At the Heart of the Borderlands:
Africans and Afro-Descendants on the Edges of Colonial Spanish America

edited by Cameron D. Jones and Jay T. Harrison
(University of New Mexico Press)

Beyond the Black Power Salute:
Athlete Activism in an Era of Change

by Gregory J. Kaliss
(University of Illinois Press)

Debt and Redemption in the Blues:
The Call for Justice

by Julian Simon
(Pennsylvania State University Press)

Intimate Entanglements in the Ethnography of Performance:
Race, Gender, Vulnerability

edited by Sidra Lawrence and Michelle Kisliuk
(University of Rochester Press)

Mary McLeod Bethune the Pan-Africanist
by Ashley Robertson Preston
(University of Florida Press)

A Quick Ting On:
Black British Businesses

by Tskenya-Sarah Frazer
(Jacaranda Books)

Ralph Ellison:
Photographer

edited by John F. Callahan et al.
(Steidl)

Revolutionary Poetics:
The Rhetoric of the Black Arts Movement

by Sarah RudeWalker
(University of Georgia Press)

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