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.


Changing School Culture for Black Males
by Jawanza Kunjufu
(African American Images)

Mapping “Race”: Critical Approaches to Health Disparities Research
edited by Laura E. Gomez and Nancy Lopez
(Rutgers University Press)

Redefining Rape:
Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation

by Estelle B. Freedman
(Harvard University Press)

Saving Black Colleges:
Leading Change in a Complex Organization

by Alvin J. Schexnider
(Palgrave Macmillan)

The Color of Our Shame:
Race and Justice in Our Time

by Christopher J. Lebron
(Oxford University Press)

The New Black:
What Has Changed—and What Has Not—With Race in America

edited by Kenneth W. Mack and Guy-Uriel Charles
(New Press)

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