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.


African Immersion:
American College Students in Cameroon

by Julius A. Amin
(Lexington Books)

Byline, Richard Wright:
Articles from the Daily Worker and New Masses

edited by Earle V. Bryant
(University of Missouri Press)

From Sweetback to Super Fly:
Race and Film Audiences in Chicago’s Loop

by Gerald R. Butters Jr.
(University of Missouri Press)

Representing Multiculturalism in Comics and Graphic Novels
edited by Carolene Ayoka and Ian Hague
(Routledge)

Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies
edited by Steven Vertovec
(Routledge)

Soul Thieves:
The Appropriation and Misrepresentation of African American Popular Culture

edited by Tamara Lisette Brown and Baruti N. Kopano
(Palgrave Macmillan)

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