Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The 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.

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African American Males in Higher Education Leadership:
Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Patricia A. Mitchell
(Peter Lang International)

Diasporic Blackness:
The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg

by Vanessa K. Valdes
(State University of New York Press)

The Key to the Door:
Experiences of Early African American Students at the University of Virginia

edited by Maurice Apprey and Shelli M. Poe
(University Press of Virginia)

Ties That Bound:
Founding First Ladies and Slaves

by Marie Jenkins Schwartz
(University of Chicago Press)

We’re Heaven Bound!
by Gregory Coleman
(University of Georgia Press)

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