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:

Africa’s Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story by Fanny Pigeaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla (Pluto Press)	Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman by Peter Eisenstadt (University of Virginia Press)	At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. by Tamika V. Nunley (University of North Carolina Press)
Atlantic Passages: Race, Mobility, and Liberian Colonization by Robert Murray (University Press of Florida)	Believing in South Central: Everyday Islam in the City of Angels by Pamela J. Prickett (University of Chicago Press)	Binding Us Together: A Civil Rights Activist Reflects on a Lifetime of Community and Public Service by Alvin L. Brooks (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
The First Reconstruction: Black Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War by Van Gosse (University of North Carolina Press)	Health, Healing and Illness in African History by Rebekah Lee (Bloomsbury Academic)	Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound by Daphne A. Brooks (Belknap Press)
Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One by Katrina M. Adams (Amistad)	The Powers of Dignity: The Black Political Philosophy of Frederick Douglass by Nick Bromell (Duke University Press)	Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides by Terri E. Givens (Policy Press)