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.


Affrilachia:
Testimonies

by Chris Aluka Berry
(University Press of Kentucky)

Black Revolutionaries:
A History of the Black Panther Party

by Joe Street
(University of Georgia Press)

Dear Yusef:
Essays, Letters, and Poems, For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa

edited by John Murillo
(Wesleyan University Press)

Hannibal Lokumbe:
Spiritual Soundscapes of Music, Life, and Liberation

by Lauren Coyle Rosen and Hannibal Lokumbe
(Columbia University Press)

The Other-Conscious Ethics of Innovative Black Poetry

by Grant Matthew Jenkins
(Palgrave Macmillan)

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