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.

The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Affirmative Action as Wedge and Weapon by Mike Steve Collins (University Press of Kansas)	Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey by R. Renee Hess (McClelland & Stewart)	Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life: The Decolonizing Work of a Radical Black Activist by Claudia Tomlinson (Bloomsbury Academic)
John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg (Simon & Schuster)	Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White by Andrew Sillen (Johns Hopkins University Press)	Obligations to the Wounded by Mubanga Kalimamukwento (University of Pittsburgh Press)
Slaveroad by John Edgar Wideman (Scribner)	A Thousand Threads: A Memoir by Neneh Cherry (Scribner)	The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Overcoming the 500-Year Legacy by Benjamin Chavis Jr. and Stacy M. Brown (SelectBooks)