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:


Black Pulp:
Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow

by Brooks E. Hefner
(University of Minnesota Press)

Freedoms Gained and Lost:
Reconstruction and Its Meanings 150 Years Later

edited by Adam H. Domby and Simon Lewis
(Fordham University Press)

The Roots of Educational Inequality:
Philadelphia’s Germantown High School, 1907-2014

by Erika M. Kitzmiller
(University of Pennsylvania Press)

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