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:


Ideas in Unexpected Places:
Reimagining Black Intellectual History

edited by Brandon R. Byrd et al.
(Northwestern University Press)

Living in the Future:
Utopianism and the Long Civil Rights Movement

by Victoria W. Wolcott
(University of Chicago Press)

A Spectacular Leap:
Black Women Athletes in Twentieth-Century America

by Jennifer H. Lansbury
(University of Arkansas Press)

Talking College:
Making Space for Black Language Practices in Higher Education

by Anne H. Charity Hudley
(Teachers College Press)

Voices of Black Folk:
The Sermons of Reverend A. W. Nix

by Terri Brinegar
(University Press of Mississippi)

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