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.


Black Urban History at the Crossroads:
Race and Place in the American City

edited by Leslie M. Harris et al.
(University of Pittsburgh Press)
     

Confessions of a Black Academic:
A Memoir

by Alvin J. Schexnider
(McFarland)

Conversations With Lenard D. Moore

edited by John Zheng
(University Press of Mississippi)
     
     

The Purple One:
Prince, Race, Gender, and Everything in Between

edited by Judson L. Jeffries et al.
(University Press of Mississippi)

Race and Gender at War:
Writing American Military History

edited by Lesley J. Gordon and Andrew J. Huebner
(University of Alabama Press)
     

The Revolution Will Be Improvised:
The Intimacy of Cultural Activism

by Elizabeth Rodriguez Fielder
(University of Michigan Press)

Star Sailor:
My Life as a NASA Astronaut

by Charles F. Bolden Jr. and Tonya Bolden
(Candlewick)

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