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. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, JBHE will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

Here are the latest selections:


African Europeans:
An Untold History

by Olivette Otele
(Basic Books)

Florida’s Historic African American Homes
by Jada Wright Greene
(Arcadia Press)

The Healing Power of Education:
Afrocentric Pedagogy as a Tool for Restoration and Liberation

by Marcia J. Watson-Vandiver and Greg Wiggan
(Teachers College Press)

The Strangers Book:
The Human of African American Literature

by Lloyd Pratt
(University of Pennsylvania Press)

The Street:
A Photographic Field Guide to American Inequality

edited by Naa Oyo A. Kwate
(Rutgers University Press)

Thirteen Clocks:
How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence

by Robert G. Parkinson
(University of North Carolina Press)

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