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.

American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives by Robert W. Fieseler (Dutton)	The Black Pack: Comedy, Race, and Resistance by Artel Great (Rutgers University Press)	Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s Battle for Glory by Dave Wedge (Hamilcar Publications)
Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje (University Press of Mississippi)	Gift and Grit: Race, Sports, and the Construction of Social Debt by Joseph Darda (Cambridge University Press)	I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom by Julia Gaffield (Yale University Press)
Insiders, Outliers: Centering Adult Student Writers at an HBCU by Collie Fulford (Rutgers University Press)	Jim Crow: Voices from a Century of Struggle 1876-1976 edited by Tyina L. Steptoe (Library of America)	The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity edited by Akinyele Omowale Umoja et al. (University of North Carolina Press)
Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement by Ashley Howard (University of North Carolina Press)	Playing for Power: Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia by Marvin T. Chiles (University of Alabama Press)	Reading the Renaissance: Black Women’s Literary Reception and Taste in Chicago, 1932-1953 by Mary I. Unger (University of Massachusetts Press)
The Return of Black Nationalism and the Death of White Supremacy by Vincent Edward Oluwole Adejumo (Feral House)	Their Stories, Our Stories: Four Presidents of Huston-Tillotson University by Rosalee Martin (Texas Tech University Press)	Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship by Dana A. Williams (Amistad)