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:


American Gothic:
Gordon Parks and Ella Watson

edited by Philip Brookman and Casey Riley
(Steidl)
     

Greater Atlanta:
Black Satire After Obama

edited by Derek C. Maus and James J. Donahue
(University Press of Mississippi)

Jump:
Black Anarchism and Antiblack Carcerality

by Sam C. Tenorio
(New York University Press)
     

Mal Goode Reporting:
The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer

by Liann Tsoukas and Rob Ruck
(University of Pittsburgh Press)

Proverb Masters:
Shaping the Civil Rights Movement

by Raymond Summerville
(University Press of Mississippi)
     

Reparations and Reparatory Justice:
Past, Present, and Future

edited by Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua et al.
(University of Illinois Press)

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