Recent Books That May Be 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.


Black Mosaic:
The Politics of Black Pan-Ethnic Diversity

by Candis Watts Smith
(New York University Press)

Coloring Whiteness:
Acts of Critique in Black Performance

by Faedra Chatard Carpenter
(University of Michigan Press)

Jim Crow:
A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

edited by Nikki L.M. Brown and Barry M. Stentiford
(Greenwood Publishing)

Respect:
The Life of Aretha Franklin

by David Ritz
(Little, Brown & Co.)

Song of My Life:
A Biography of Margaret Walker

by Carolyn J. Brown
(University Press of Mississippi)

The Ordeal of the Reunion:
A New History of Reconstruction

by Mark Wahlgren Summers
(University of North Carolina Press)

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