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 Apocalypse: Afrofuturism at the End of the World by Tavia Nyong’o (University of California Press)	Contentious Unions: Black Baptist Schools and White Baptist Money in the Jim Crow South by Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews (University of Tennessee Press)	Disrupting Political Science: Black Women Reimagining the Discipline edited by Angela K. Lewis-Maddox (State University of New York Press)
Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera by Lucy Caplan (Harvard University Press)	Fearless and Free: A Memoir by Josephine Baker (Tiny Reprations Books)	Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University by Pero G. Dagbovie (Michigan State University Press)
Fractured Freedoms: Reconstructing Central Louisiana by David T. Ballantyne (Louisiana State University Press)	Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern Shore by Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels (Pegasus Books)	How to Sell Out: The (Hidden) Cost of Being a Black Writer by Chad Sanders (Simon & Schuster)
In the Light of Dawn: The History and Legacy of a Black Canadian Community by Marie Carter (University of Regina Press)	Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families by Judith Giesberg (Simon & Schuster)	Leading Figures in the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. by Judson L. Jeffries (University Press of Florida)
A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt by Tess Chakkalakal (St. Martin’s Press)	Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World by Danielle Phillips Cunningham (Georgetown University Press)	Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality by Maurice Jackson (Georgetown University Press)
Searching for Jimmie Strother: A Tale of Music, Murder, and Memory by Gregg D. Kimball (Rivanna)	A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects by Robell Awake (Princeton Architectural Press)	Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin by Amy J. Elias (Duke University Press)
Stomp Off, Let’s Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong by Ricky Riccardi (Oxford University Press)	The Stories They Hear: Expecting Greatness as the Key to Success by William A. Keyes (Ideapress Books)	Too Black to Be French by Isabelle Boni-Claverie (Fordham University Press)
Unjust Restitution: A Century of Black Struggle for Equality by Michael Kingsley (University of California Press)	The Wounds Are the Witness: Black Faith Weaving Memory Into Justice and Healing by Yolanda Pierce (Broadleaf Books)	Yo’ Mama’s Disfunktional! Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America by Robin D.G. Kelley (Beacon Press)