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:


A House Built by Slaves:
African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House

by Jonathan W. White
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Love and Abolition:
The Social Life of Black Queer Performance

by Alison Rose Reed
(Ohio State University Press)

New Criticism and Pedagogical Directions for Contemporary Black Women Writers
edited by LaToya Jefferson-James
(Lexington Books)

Played Out:
The Race Man in Twenty-First-Century Satire

by Brandon J. Manning
(Rutgers University Press)

Racial Realism and the History of Black People in America
by Lori Latrice Martin
(Lexington Books)

Religion, Race, and COVID-19:
Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic

by Stacey M. Flloyd Thomas
(New York University Press)

See Me Naked:
Black Women Defining Pleasure in the Interwar Era

by Tara T. Green
(Rutgers University Press)

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