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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:

     

Body Impossible:
Desmond Richardson and the Politics of Virtuosity
by Ariel Osterweis
(Oxford University Press)

Coming Home
by Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford
(Alfred A. Knopf)

Conditionally Accepted:
Navigating Higher Education From the Margins
edited by Eric Joy Denise and Bertin M. Louis Jr.
(University of Texas Press)
     

Discipline Problems:
How Students of Color Trouble Whiteness in Schools
by Tadashi Dozono
(University of Pennsylvania Press)

The Driver’s Story:
Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
by Randy M. Browne
(University of Pennsylvania Press)
     

Tales From the Symphony:
Perspectives From African American Musicians
by Robert Lee Watt
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

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