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. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.

Advancing Black Male Student Success From Preschool Through PhD edited by Shaun R. Harper and J. Luke Wood (Stylus Publishing)	African American Slang: A Linguistic Description by Maciej Widawski (Cambridge University Press)	Black Girls and Adolescents: Facing the Challenges edited by Catherine Fisher Collins (Praeger)
Ethnic American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson (Greenwood Publishing)	Joe the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend by Ron J. Jackson Jr. and Lee Spencer White (University of Oklahoma Press)	New Media in Black Women’s Autobiography: Intrepid Embodiment and Narrative Innovation by Tracy Curtis (Palgrave Macmillan)
Postmodern Literature and Race edited by Len Platt and Sara Upstone (Cambridge University Press)	Soul, Country, and the USA: Race and Identity in American Music Culture by Stephanie Shonekan (Palgrave Macmillan)	The Cambridge Companion to American Civil Rights Literature edited by Julie Buckner Armstrong (Cambridge University Press)
The New American Suburb: Poverty, Race and the Economic Crisis edited by Katrin B. Anacker (Arena)	What is African American History? by Pero Gaglo Dagbovie (Polity)	White Sports / Black Sports: Racial Disparities in Athletic Programs by Lori Latrice Martin (Praeger)