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:

American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795 by Edward J. Larson (W.W. Norton)	Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art edited by Christine Kim and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews (DelMonico Books)	Black Feminism and Traumatic Legacies in Contemporary African American Literature by Apryl Lewis (Lexington Books)
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Toni Morrison edited by Kelly Reames and Linda Wagner-Martin (Bloomsbury Academic)	A Day I Ain’t Never Seen Before: Remembering the Civil Rights Movement in Marks, Mississippi by Joe Bateman and Cheryl Lynn Greenberg (University of Georgia Press)	A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till by Wheeler Parker and Christopher Benson (One World)
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction by Kidada E. Williams (Bloomsbury Publishing)	Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo (Simon & Schuster)	Mayaya Rising: Black Female Icons in Latin American and Caribbean Literature and Culture by Dawn Duke (Bucknell University Press)
Poor Atlanta: Poverty, Race, and the Limits of Sunbelt Development by LeeAnn B. Lands (University of Georgia Press)	Qualified: Finding Your Voice, Leading with Character, and Empowering Others by Mia Love (Center Street)	Safe Space Rhetoric and Race in the Academy: A Reckoning by James Gerard Noel (Lexington Books)
Slavery, Religion, and Race in Antebellum Missouri: Freedom from Slavery and Freedom from Sin by Kevin D. Butler (Lexington Books)	The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South by Charles Reagan Wilson (University of North Carolina Press)	Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes by Stephen A. Smith (Gallery/13A)
Sweet Land of Liberty: Reflections of a Patriot Descended from Slaves by E. W. Jackson (Fidelis Publishing)	To Defend This Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua by Courtney Desiree Morris (Rutgers University Press)	White Girl Within: Letters of Self-Discovery Between a Transgender and Transracial Black Man and His Inner Female by Ronnie Gladden (October Publishing)