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 Mental Health in Canada: Overcoming Obstacles, Bridging Gaps edited by Jude Mary Cenat (University of Ottawa Press)	Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake by Judith Weisenfeld (New York University Press)	Blackness, Symbolism, and American Modernism: Class, Race, Gender, and Sexuality by Lori Nel Johnson (Routledge)
Colored Women Sittin’ on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music by Melanie R. Hill (University of North Carolina Press)	Concrete Dreamland: Coming of Age in Underground New York by Patrick Dougher (Little, Brown)	The Divided North: Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery by Carol R. Gardner (University of Massachusetts Press)
Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery: Global Inequality, Racial Boundaries, and the Rise of Unions in American and British Capitalism, 1870–1929 by Rudi Batzell (University of Chicago Press)	Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America by Gerald Early (Ten Speed Press)	Understanding Octavia E. Butler by Kendra R. Parker (University of South Carolina Press)