Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

books-pileThe 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. Here are the latest selections.

Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.


Just Around Midnight:
Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination

by Jack Hamilton
(Harvard University Press)

Lynched:
The Power of Memory in a Culture of Terror

by Angela D. Sims
(Baylor University Press)

Sing for Your Life:
A Story of Race, Music, and Family

by Daniel Bergner
(Lee Boudreaux Books)

The End of Days:
African American Religion and Politics in the Age of Emancipation

by Matthew Harper
(University of North Carolina Press)

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