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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:


Against the Carceral Archive:
The Art of Black Liberatory Practice

by Damien Sojoyner
(Fordham University Press)

Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature
by Matthias Klestil
(Palgrave Macmillan)

A History to Remember:
TCU in Purple, White, and Black

by Frederick W. Gooding Jr. et al.
(Texas Christian University Press)

What Sorrows Labour in My Parent’s Breast?
A History of the Enslaved Black Family

by Brenda E. Stevenson
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

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