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. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, JBHE will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

Here are the latest selections:

42 Today: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy edited by Michael G. Long (New York University Press)	Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever by Kareem Rosser (St. Martin’s Press)	From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religious Education and Public Ministry edited by Anne Streaty Wimberly et al. (Wesley’s Foundery Books)
Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism by Terri Somone Francis (Indiana University Press)	Margaret Murray Washington: The Life and Times of a Career Clubwoman by Sheena Harris (University of Tennessee Press)	Point of Reckoning: The Fight for Racial Justice at Duke University by Theodore D. Segal (Duke University Press)
Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka by Jean-Philippe-Marcoux (Ohio State University Press)	Sparring With Smokin’ Joe: Joe Frazier’s Epic Battles and Rivalry With Ali by Glenn Lewis (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)	The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues by Lonnie Wheeler (Abrams Press)
The Design of Race: How Visual Culture Shapes America by Peter Claver Fine (Bloomsbury Visual Arts)	The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP by Alex Tresniowski (37 Ink)	The Selected Literary Letters of Paul Laurence Dunbar edited by Cynthia C. Murillo and Jennifer M. Nader (University of Alabama Press)
This Far and No Further: Photographs Inspired by the Voting Rights Movement by William Abranowicz (University of Texas Press)	What About Me: Walking the Tightrope as a Black Man in America by D. John Jackson (Houndstooth Press)	William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia by William Kashatus (University of Notre Dame Press)