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 Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don’t Need Racial Preferences to Succeed by Jason L. Riley (Basic Books)	A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre by Garrett Felber (AK Press)	Epigenomic Awareness as a Key to Black Mental Health: The Disruptive Effects of Not Knowing by Benson George Cooke and Schuyler C. Webb (Universal Write Publications)
Freedom’s Horizon: Black Abolitionism in Nineteenth-Century Brazil by Isadora Moura Mota (University of Pennsylvania Press)	Freeing Black Girls: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering by Tamura Lomax (Duke University Press)	Josephine Baker’s Secret War: The African American Star Who Fought for France and Freedom by Hanna Diamond (Yale University Press)
Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community by Britany Salsbury and Erin Benay (Cleveland Museum of Art)	The Politics of Skin Tone: African American Experiences, Identity, and Attitudes by Nicole D. Yadon (University of Chicago Press)	A Soldier’s Life: A Black Woman’s Rise From Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion by Edna W. Cummings (University of Virginia Press)
This Leaves Me Okay: Race, Legacy, and Letters From My Grandmother by Walter Pryor (Heliotrope Books)	Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans by Ahmad Greene-Hayes (University of Chicago Press)	Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur by Dean Van Nguyen (Doubleday)