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. Here are the latest selections.


Gladiators in Suits:
Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal

edited by Simone Adams et al.
(Syracuse University Press)

In the Forests of Freedom:
The Fighting Maroons of Dominica

by Lennox Honychurch
(University Press of Mississippi)

Legislative Development in Africa:
Politics and Postcolonial Legacies

by Ken Ochieng’ Opalo
(Cambridge University Press)

Race and Radio:
Pioneering Black Broadcasters in New Orleans

by Bala James Baptiste
(University Press of Mississippi)

The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized:
Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era

by Errol A. Henderson
(State University of New York Press)

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