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:


Evidence of Things Not Seen:
Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions

by Rhonda D. Frederick
(Rutgers University Press)

I Lay This Body Down:
The Transatlantic Life of Rosey E. Pool

by Lonneke Geerlings
(University of Georgia Press)

Lynching and Leisure:
Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas

by Terry Anne Scott
(University of Arkansas Press)

The Future of Black Studies
by Abdul Alkalimat
(Pluto Press)

Urban Voices, Racial Justice, and Community Leadership:
African American CEOs of Urban Community Colleges Speak Out

edited by Curtis L. Ivery and Christine Johnson McPhail
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Women in Yoruba Religions
by Oyèrónké Oládémọ
(New York University Press)

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