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.


Dangerous Learning:
The South’s Long War on Black Literacy

by Derek W. Black
(Yale University Press)

Historic Negro Spirituals as Biblical Interpretation

by Christa Klingbell Dixon
(Fortress Academic)

Moving Blackness:
Black Circulation, Racism, and Relations of Homespace

by Lisa B.Y. Calvente
(Rutgers University Press)

Radical Advocate:
Ida B. Wells and the Road to Race and Gender Justice

by Mart E. Triece
(University of Alabama Press)

Reclaiming the Black Body:
Nourishing the Home Within

by Alisha McCullough
(The Dial Press)

Strength Through Diversity:
Harlem Prep and the Rise of Multiculturalism

by Barry M. Goldenberg
(Rutgers University Press)

Teach Truth:
The Struggle for Antiracist Education

by Jesse Hagopian
(Haymafket Books)

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