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:

The Abolitionist’s Journal: Memories of an American Antislavery Family by James D. Richardson (High Road Books)	The Aesthetic Cold War: Decolonization and Global Literature by Peter J. Kalliney (Princeton University Press)	African American Male Perceptions of Police in the Era of YouTube by Traci Dingle (Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
African Americans and the Mississippi River: Race, History, and the Environment by Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted (Routledge)	The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. by Lewis V. Baldwin (Fortress Press)	The Archaeology of Harriet Tubman’s Life in Freedom by Douglas V. Armstrong (Syracuse University Press)
Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions by Francesca T. Royster (University of Texas Press)	Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments by Carell Augustus (SourceBooks)	Black Scholars Matter: Visions, Struggles, and Hopes in Africana Biblical Studies edited by Gay L. Byron and Hugh R. Page (SBL Press)
A Bridge to Justice: The Life of Franklin H. Williams by Enid Gort and John Caher (Fordham University Press)	Enslaved: The Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by Sean Kingsley and Simcha Jacobovici (Pegasus Books)	Escape to the City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South by Viola Franziska Muller (University of North Carolina Press)
Feels Right: Black Queer Women and the Politics of Partying in Chicago by Kemi Adeyemi (Duke University Press)	The Forerunner: A Story of Pain and Perseverance in America by Cori Bush (Alfred A. Knopf)	I Always Knew: A Memoir by Barbara Chase-Riboud (Princeton University Press)
The Ivory Tower: Perspectives of Women of Color in Higher Education edited by Kimetta R. Hairston and Tawannah G. Allen (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)	Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Religion and the Politics of Race in the Civil War Era and Beyond by Steven L. Dundas (Potomac Books)	“My Faith in the Constitution Is Whole” Barbara Jordan and the Politics of Scripture by Robin L. Owens (Georgetown University Press)
The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History by Brian Jones (New York University Press)	Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 by Thomas E. Ricks (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)	Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo’s Hidden History by Kristina R. Gaddy (W.W. Norton)