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:


Afrocentric Innovations in Higher Education

edited by Vida R. Robertson et al.
(Hamilton Books)

Black Transnationalism and Japan

edited by Natalia Doan and Sho Konishi
(University of Leiden Press)
     

The Black Yearbook

by Adraint Khadafhi Bereal
(4 Color Books)
     

Deathlife:
Hip Hop and Thanatological Narrations of Blackness

by Anthony B. Pinn
(Duke University Press)
     

John Lewis:
In Search of the Beloved Community

by Raymond Arsenault
(Yale University Press)

See Justice Done:
The Problem of Law in the African American Literary Tradition

by Christopher Micahel Brown
(University Press of Mississippi)
     

Sports and the Racial Divide, Volume II:
A Legacy of African American Athletic Activism

edited by Michael E. Lomax and Billy Hawkins
(University Pressof Mississippi)

Tending to the Past:
Selfhood and Culture in Children’s Narratives about Slavery and Freedom

by Karen Michele Chandler
(University Press of Mississippi Press)

White Ice:
Race and the Making of Atlanta Hockey

by Thomas Aiello
(University of Tennessee Press)

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