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.


Affirmative Action and Racial Equity:
Considering the Fisher Case to Forge the Path Ahead

edited by Uma M. Jayakumar and Liliana M. Garces
(Routledge)

It’s Been Beautiful:
Soul! and Black Power Television

by Gayle Wald
(Duke University Press)

Michelle Obama:
A Life

by Peter Slevin
(Alfred A. Knopf)

My Journey With Maya
by Tavis Smiley with David Ritz
(Little, Brown & Co.)

Taking on Diversity:
How We Can Move From Anxiety to Respect

by Rupert W. Nacoste
(Prometheus Books)

The Archaeology of Race in the Northeast
edited by Christopher N. Matthews and Allison Manfra McGovern
(University Press of Florida)

The Fight for Interracial Marriage Rights in Antebellum Massachusetts
by Amber D. Moulton
(Harvard University Press)

Who Freed the Slaves?
The Fight Over the Thirteenth Amendment

by Leonard L. Richards
(University of Chicago Press)

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

In Memoriam: O. Jerome Green, 1954-2024

President of historically Black Shorter College O. Jerome Green passed way unexpectedly on April 8. Since he became president in 2012, the college has experienced record-breaking enrollment and graduation rates, created new academic programs, and established the STEM Center for Academic Excellence.

Federal Report Uncovers Lack of Faculty Diversity and Delay in Federal Discrimination Complaint Processing

In addition to a lack of diversity in higher education faculty, the report revealed a frequent delay by the Department of Education when referring discrimination complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Christopher Span Appointed Dean of Rutgers University Graduate School of Education

Dr. Span, professor of education policy, organization, and leadership at the University of Illinois, is a scholar of African American educational history. He has experience in both academic and administrative leadership positions.

Lingering Mistrust From Tuskegee Syphilis Study Connected to COVID-19 Vaccine Reluctance

African Americans who lived within 750 miles of Tuskegee, Alabama, were more reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine than their White neighbors, as well as Black Americans from other United States regions. The authors attribute this finding to lingering mistrust of public health services as a result of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study which ran from the 1930s to 1972.

Featured Jobs