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:


After Emancipation:
Racism and Resistance at the University of Virginia

edited by Kirt von Daacke and Andrea Douglas
(University of Virginia Press)

American Negra

by Natasha S. Alford
(Harper)

Being Black in the Ivory:
Truth-Telling About Racism in Higher Education

by Sharde M. Davis
(University of North Carolina Press)
     

Black Girl Autopoetics:
Agency in Everyday Digital Practice

by Ashleigh Greene Wade
(Duke University Press)

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism

by Denise Murrell
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Images in the River:
The Life and Work of Waring Cuney

by Cynthia Davis and Verner D. Mitchell
(Texas Tech University Press)

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