Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

November 24, 2025

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.

Featured Books

Black, White, Colored: The Hidden Story of an Insurrection, a Family, a Southern Town, and Identity in America

by Lauretta Malloy Noble and LecAeNet Noble
Amistad

Black Women, Leadership, and Change in K-12 Education: Beyond the Status Quo

by Tamra Simpson and Valery Dragon
Palgrave Macmillan

Dissenting Forces: A History of Abolition and Black Thought in Higher Learning

by Michael E. Jirik
New York University Press

The Reconstruction Diary of Frances Anne Rollin: A Critical Edition

edited by Jennifer Putzi
University of North Carolina Press

Repoliticizing the Word Through Poetry and Preaching: Early Black Christian Women’s Lives Matter

by April C.E. Langley
Wayne State University Press

Shirley Graham Du Bois: Artist, Activist, and Author in the African Diaspora

edited by Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel and Phillip Luke Sinitere
University of Pennsylvania Press

Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hope, and American Lives 1975–2025

by John Edgar Wideman
Scribner

The Last House on the Block: Black Homeowners, White Homesteaders, and Failed Gentrification in Detroit

by Sharon Cornelissen
University of Chicago Press

Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present

by Deborah Willis
Liveright