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:

Before the Ships: The Birth of Black Excellence by Maisha Oso (Orchard Books)	Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice by Barbara Bradley Hagerty (Riverhead Books)	A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau (Pegasus Crime)
Dream and Legacy, Volume II: Revisiting King in the Post-Civil Rights Era edited by Michael L. Clemons et al. (University Press of Mississippi	Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease by Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesus (Duke University Press)	How to Become a Big Man in Africa: Subalternity, Elites, and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Nigeria by Wale Adebanwi (Indiana University Press)
How We Write Now: Living With Black Feminist Theory by Jennifer C. Nash (Duke University Press)	Mal Goode Reporting: The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer by Liann Tsoukas and Rob Ruck (University of Pittsburgh Press)	On a Move: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice by Mike Africa Jr. (Mariner Books)
Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta by Bill “Blade” Howell with Helene Lee (Akashic Books)	A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Susanna Ashton (The New Press)	Pressing Forward: My Life as a Baton Rouge Community Pioneer by Press Robinson Sr. (Louisiana State University Press)
Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur by Derek Hyra (University of California Press)	Snapping Beans: Voices of a Black Queer Lesbian South by Jayme N. Canty (State University of New York Press)	A Southern Underground Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country by Paul M. Pressly (University of Georgia Press)