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. Here are the latest selections.


Black Toledo:
A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Toledo, Ohio

edited by Abdui Alkalimat and Rubin Patterson
(Haymarket Books)

The Bold World:
A Memoir of Family and Transformation

by Jodie Patterson
(Ballantine Books)

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