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:


African Musicians in the Atlantic World:
Legacies of Sound and Slavery

by Mary Caton Lingold
(University of Virginia Press)
     

Intersecting Aesthetics:
Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness

edited by Charlene Regester et al.
(University Press of Mississippi)

The Journey of Kamau Miller:
Hip Hop Composite Stories for Black Men Teachers

by Dawn N. Hicks Tafari
(Universal Write Publications)

Magic City:
How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

by Burgin Mathews
(University of North Carolina Press)
     

Margaret Bonds:
The Montgomery Variations and Du Bois Credo
 
by John Michael Cooper
(Cambridge University Press)

Multiplicity:
Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

edited by Kathryn E. Delmez
(First Art Museum)

Twentieth Century Frontierswoman:
A Rhetorical Biography of Almena Davis Lomax, Journalist

by Chandra Snell Clark
(Peter Lang International Publishers)

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