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 Black Exec: And the Seven Myths by Barron Witherspoon Sr. (Palmetto Publishing)	The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multiracial Democracy by Matthew D. Nelsen (Oxford University Press)	Dreams in Double Time: On Race, Freedom, and Bebop by Jonathan Leal (Duke University Press)
The Girl in the Yellow Poncho: A Memoir by Kristal Brent Zook (Duke University Press)	The International Legal Order’s Colour Line: Racism, Racial Discrimination, and the Making of International Law by Wiliam A. Schabas (Oxford University Press)	Lifting As They Climbed: Mapping a History of Trailblazing Black Women in Chicago by Essence McDowell and Mariame Kaba (Haymarket Books)
Pearl’s Kaleidoscope: “Reflections of a 95-year-old African American Women’s Life” by Calvin L. Asbury (Bowker)	Reckoning with Race: An Unfinished Journey by Frederick Allen (Forefront Books)	The Shape of Things by Carrie Mae Weems (MW Editions)