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.

Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson by Marl Kriegel (Penguin Press)	Beyond Emancipation: Maroon Freedoms in US Literature, 1850–1862 by Sean Gerrity (State University of New York Press)	Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain edited by Renee Mussai (Thames & Hudson)
Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence by Maxamed Abumaye (University of California Press)	Deadly Force: Police Shootings in Urban America by Tom S. Clark et al. (Princeton University Press)	Democracy and Beauty: The Political Aesthetics of W. E. B. Du Bois by Robert Gooding-Williams (Columbia University Press)
Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism by Brian Kwoba (University of North Carolina Press)	A Lesson on Race: The Bible and the Morant Bay Rebellion in the Atlantic World by Stephen C. Russell (Cambridge University Press)	Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem’s Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair ― A Trailblazing Biography of a Black Female Gangster and Activist in 1920s New York by Mary Kay McBrayer (Park Row Books)
Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church by Kevin Sack (Crown Publishing)	The Rediscovery of George Nash Walker: The Price of Black Stardom in Jim Crow America by Daniel E. Atkinson (State University of New York Press)	Something to Do With Power: Julian Mayfield’s Journey Toward a Black Radical Thought, 1948–1984 by David Tyroler Romine (University of North Carolina Press)
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style by Monica L. Miller (Metropolitan Museum of Art)	We Now Belong to Ourselves: J.L. Edmonds, The Black Press, and Black Citizenship in America by Arianne Edmonds (Oxford University Press)	When We Ruled: The Rise and Fall of Twelve African Queens and Warriors by Paula Akpan (Pegasus Books)