Recent Books That May Be 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. Here are the latest selections.

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Conceiving Freedom: Women of Color, Gender, and the Abolition of Slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro by Camilla Cowling (University of North Carolina Press)	How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement by Ruth Feldstein (Oxford University Press)	Masters, Slaves, and Exchange: Power’s Purchase in the Old South by Kathleen M. Hilliard (Cambridge University Press)
Shrill Hurrahs: Women, Gender, and Racial Violence in South Carolina, 1865-1900 by Kate Cote Gillin (University of South Carolina Press)	The Story of Black Military Officers, 1861-1948 by Krewasky A. Salter (Routledge)	Thomas Jefferson’s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress: The Morality of a Slaveholder by Ari Helo (Cambridge University Press)