Recent Books 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.

Gladiators in Suits: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal edited by Simone Adams et al. (Syracuse University Press)	Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America by Jennifer E. Cobbina (New York University Press)	In the Forests of Freedom: The Fighting Maroons of Dominica by Lennox Honychurch (University Press of Mississippi)
Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies by Ken Ochieng’ Opalo (Cambridge University Press)	Literature and Culture of the Chicago Renaissance: Postmodern and Postcolonial Development edited by Yoshinobu (Routledge)	Race and Radio: Pioneering Black Broadcasters in New Orleans by Bala James Baptiste (University Press of Mississippi)
The Last Train From Djibouti: Africa Beckons Me, But America is My Home by Otis L. Lee Jr. (Koehler Books)	The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized: Cultural Revolution in the Black Power Era by Errol A. Henderson (State University of New York Press)	Walking In Revelation: Identifying Black People in Biblical History by J. Davidson-Elliott (Friesen Press)