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.


Black Male College Students’ Mental Health

edited by Tryan L. McMickens and Robert T. Palmer
(Routledge)

BLK MKT Vintage:
Reclaiming Objects and Curiosities That Tell Black Stories

by Jannah Handy and Kiyanna Stewart
(Black Dog & Leventhal)
     

Faith in Education at the Skidaway Island Benedictine Mission

by Laura Seifert
(University of Georgia Press)

Finding God in All the Black Places:
Sacred Imaginings in Black Popular Culture

by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade
(Rutgers University Press)
     
     

Natural:
Black Beauty and the Politics of Hair

by Chelsea Mary Wlise Johnson
(New York University Press)

Our South:
Black Food Through My Lens

by Ashleigh Shanti
(Union Square & Co.)

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  1. You might want to include in your book list Sophia B. Jones: The First Canadian Black Woman to Become a Doctor: Her Trials and Triumphs and Those of Her Family, published a short time ago by Rock’s Mills Press.

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