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 Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios (G.P. Putnam) |
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Decolonizing Contemporary Gospel Music Through Praxis: Handsworth Revolutions by Robert Beckford (Bloomsbury Academic) |
Escapes from Cayenne: A Story of Socialism and Slavery in an Age of Revolution and Reaction by Leon Chautard (University of Georgia Press) |
Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland by Scott Shane (Celadon Books) |
The Radical Imagination of Black Women: Ambition, Politics, and Power by Pearl K. Ford Dowe (Oxford University Press) |
A Secret Among the Blacks: Slave Resistance Before the Haitian Revolution by John D. Garrigus (Harvard University Press) |
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Statesman of the Piano: Jazz, Race, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper edited by Sean Mills et al. (McGill-Queens University Press) |
Unequal Health: Anti-Black Racism and the Threat to America’s Health by Louis A. Penner et al. (Cambridge University Press) |