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 Ethnics:
Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream

by Christina M. Greer
(Oxford University Press)

Frederick Douglass:
A Life in Documents

edited by L. Diane Barnes
(University of Virginia Press)

Radical Presence:
Black Performance in Contemporary Art

by Yona Backer and Naomi Beckwith
(Contemporary Arts Museum)

Slavery’s Borderland:
Freedom and Bondage Along the Ohio River

by Matthew Salafia
(University of Pennsylvania Press)

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