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Editor's Intro: Why We Need DiverseBooks

by Angela P. Dodson

Many fine examples of general-interest, academic, literary books from the university and small presses are overlooked when it comes time to hand out accolades. Most are never reviewed, which contributes to their invisibility. Writing about them can be a lonely enterprise. It helps if you have eclectic reading habits, a taste for the esoteric and a high tolerance level for pondering research that would
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News from Diverse

National Urban League Convention Considers College Success, K-12 Education Reform

Poll: Despite Low Degree Attainment, Latinos Value Higher Education

Opinion: University of Texas at Austin Continues Its Progress on Diversity

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Guest Blog

Transparency Genie Transforms the Bottle
by Ingrid Sturgis

Is President Barack Obama less transparent than President George Bush? Even a minimum of research reveals a president who may avoid the White House press corps, but is willing to reach out to journalists from non-mainstream news organizations such as the Huffington Post or the Latino press. There.s already a book weighing in on this and other issues, The Promise: President Obama, Year One by Jonathan Alter (Simon and Schuster, May 2010).Read more

Book Reviews

Black Women, United and Hell-Bent on Doing God.s Work
07/09/2010
In Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion, Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, a professor of history at Temple University, has labored diligently to craft a comprehensive history of Black women in the U.S.

Archive of Reviews

Black History Month Book Review: A One-Woman Miracle
02/24/2010
Should others profit from the product of one woman.s body while her own family can ill afford health care?

Black History Special Book Review: Redefining .Black Power.
02/12/2010
Images from the heyday of the Black Power movement live on in popular culture, but the view tends to be blurred.

Diverse Bookshelf - Putting Education on the Front Burner
02/04/2010
For the 'Father of Black History,' the education of Blacks was the issue.

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Author Spotlight

Dr. Joyce A. Ladner

Dr. Joyce A. Ladner, author ofThe Death of White Sociology: Essays on Race and Culture, published by Black Classic Press, has written numerous books on education, urban issues, public policy and transracial adoption.Read more