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:


Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism: Toward Afrocentric Futurism

by Aaron X. Smith
(University Press of Mississippi)

Feenin:
R&B Music and the Materiality of BlackFem Voices and Technology

by Alexander Ghedi Weheliye
(Duke University Press)
     

The Geography of Hate:
The Great Migration Through Small-Town America

by Jennifer Sdunzik
(University of Illinois Press)

In the Pines:
A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning

by Grace Elizabeth Hale
(Little, Brown & Co.)
     

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