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:


Black Disability Politics
by Sami Schalk
(Duke University Press)

The Color Pynk:
Black Femme Art for Survival

by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley
(University of Texas Press)

Henry Taylor:
B Side

edited by Bennett Simpson
(DelMonico Books)

Racism and Resistance:
Essay on Derrick Bell’s Racial Realism

edited by Timothy Joseph Golden
(State University of New York Press)

Relocating the Sacred:
African Divinities and Brazilian Cultural Hybridities

by Niyi Afolabi
(State University of New York Press)

Violent Utopia:
Dispossession and Black Restoration in Tulsa

by Jovan Scott Lewis
(Duke University Press)

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