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. Here are the latest selections.
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Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew (Harvard University Press) |
Murder on Shades Mountain: The Legal Lynching of Willie Peterson and the Struggle for Justice in Jim Crow Birmingham by Melanie S. Morrison (Duke University Press) |
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Slavery Unseen: Sex, Power, and Violence in Brazilian History by Lamonte Aidoo (Duke University Press) |
The Criminalization of Black Children: Race, Gender, and Delinquency in Chicago’s Juvenile Justice System, 1899–1945 by Tera Eva Agyepong (University of North Carolina Press) |
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The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and the Kennedy Administration, 1960-1964: A History in Documents by James P. Marshall (Louisiana State University Press) |
The Men of Mobtown: Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation by Adam Malka (University of North Carolina Press) |
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The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige’s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic by Averell “Ace” Smith (University of Nebraska Press) |