Recent Books 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.


Applicative Justice:
A Pragmatic Empirical Approach to Racial Injustice

by Naomi Zack
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Plagiarama!
William Wells Brown and the Aesthetic of Attractions

by Geoffrey Sunburn
(Columbia University Press)

Race and the Death Penalty:
The Legacy of McCleskey v. Kemp

edited by David P. Keys and R.J. Maratea
(Lynne Rienner Publishers)

Stealing the Show:
African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood

by Miriam J. Petty
(University of California Press)

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