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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Empire in the Air:
Airline Travel and the African Diaspora

by Chandra D. Bhimull
(New York University Press)

Jazz in the 1970s:
Diverging Streams

by Bill Shoemaker
(Rowman & Littlefield)

Passionate and Pious:
Religious Media and Black Women’s Sexuality

by Monique Moultrie
(Duke University Press)

Resistance Reimagined:
Black Women’s Critical Thought as Survival

by Regis M. Fox
(University Press of Florida)

The Struggle Over State Power in Zimbabwe:
Law and Politics Since 1950

by George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane
(Cambridge University Press)

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