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:


Alien Soil: Oral Histories of Great Migration Newark

by Katie Singer
(Rutgers University Press)

Beyond the Bassline:
500 Years of Black British Music

by Paul Bradshaw
(British Library Publishing)
     

James Hudson:
Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights

by Larry Omar Rivers
(University Press of Florida)

Lessons in Gratitude:
A Memoir on Race, the Arts, and Mental Health

by Aaron P. Dworkin
(University of Michigan Press)

Nat Turner, Black Prophet:
A Visionary History

by Anthony E. Kaye and Gregory P. Downs
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
     

On James Baldwin

by Colm Toibin
(Brandeis University Press)
     

Survival Is a Promise:
The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

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