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. As an Amazon Associate, JBHE will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

Here are the latest selections.


Black Bourgeois:
Class and Sex in the Flesh

by Candice M. Jenkins
(University of Minnesota Press)

Ground Crew:
The Fight to End Segregation at Georgia State

by Maurice C. Daniels
(University of Georgia Press)

Mighty Justice:
My Life in Civil Rights

by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
(Algonquin Books)

Parkchester:
A Bronx Tale of Race and Ethnicity

by Jeffrey S. Gurock
(New York University Press)

Race and Utopian Desire in American Literature and Society
edited by Patricia Ventura and Edward K. Chan
(Palgrave Macmillan)

Self-Portrait in Black and White:
Unlearning Race

by Thomas Chatterton Williams
(W.W. Norton)

Sustainability, Emerging Technologies, and Pan-Africanism
by Thierno Tiam and Gilbert Rochon
(Palgrave Macmillan)

Yuletide in Dixie:
Slavery, Christmas, and Southern Memory

by Robert E. May
(University of Virginia Press)

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