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.

Black Flora: Inspiring Profiles of Floriculture’s New Vanguard by Teresa J. Speight (Timber Press)	Black Urban History at the Crossroads: Race and Place in the American City edited by Leslie M. Harris et al. (University of Pittsburgh Press)	Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage by Masi Asare (Duke University Press)
The Challenge of Joseph H. Jackson: How America’s Most Powerful Black Preacher Became a Forgotten Man by Jared E. Alcantara (Oxford University Press)	Confessions of a Black Academic: A Memoir by Alvin J. Schexnider (McFarland)	Conversations With Lenard D. Moore edited by John Zheng (University Press of Mississippi)
The Funk Movement: Music, Culture, and Politics by Reiland Rabaka (Routledge)	Memory Work: White Ignorance and Black Resistance in Popular Magazines, 1900-1910 by Mary E. Triece (University Press of Mississippi)	My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant’s Search for Home Across Four Continents by Jennifer Neal (Catapult)
North of Main: Spartanburg’s Historic Black Neighborhoods of North Dean Street, Gas Bottom, and Back of the College by Brenda Lee Pryce et al. (Hub City Press)	The Purple One: Prince, Race, Gender, and Everything in Between edited by Judson L. Jeffries et al. (University Press of Mississippi)	Race and Gender at War: Writing American Military History edited by Lesley J. Gordon and Andrew J. Huebner (University of Alabama Press)
The Revolution Will Be Improvised: The Intimacy of Cultural Activism by Elizabeth Rodriguez Fielder (University of Michigan Press)	Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank by Justene Hill Edwards (W.W. Norton)	Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut by Charles F. Bolden Jr. and Tonya Bolden (Candlewick)