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:


A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou
by Benjamin Hebblethwaite
(University Press of Mississippi)

African-American English:
Structure, History, and Use

edited by Salikoko S. Mufwene et al.
(Routledge)

Black Feminist Sociology:
Perspectives and Praxis

by Zaklya Luna and Whitney Pirtle
(Routledge)

Black Gathering:
Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life

by Sarah Jane Cervenak
(Duke University Press)

The Accommodation:
The Politics of Race in an American City

by Jim Schutze
(La Reunion Publishing)

The Artistic Activism of Elombe Brath
by Thomas Aiello (University Press of Mississippi)

The Matter of Black Lives:
Writing From
The New Yorker

edited by Jelani Cobb and David Remnick
(Ecco Press)

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