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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Acting Up and Getting Down: Plays by African American Texans edited by Sandra Mayo and Elvin Holt (University of Texas Press)	Claiming the Union: Citizenship in the Post-Civil War South by Susanna Michele Lee (Cambridge University Press)	Dangerous Friendship: Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy Brothers by Ben Kamin (Michigan State University Press)
Reinventing Citizenship: Black Los Angeles, Korean Kawasaki, and Community Participation by Kazuyo Tsuchiya (University of Minnesota Press)	The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity by April J. Mayes (University Press of Florida)	The Original Guitar Hero and the Power of Music: The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music and Civil Rights by Dean Alger (University of North Texas Press)
The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century by Catherine R. Squires (New York University Press)	Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas by Jeffrey B. Leak (University of Georgia Press)	When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools: Class, Race, and the Challenge of Equity in Public Education by Linn Posey-Maddox (University of Chicago Press)