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.

African American Covers of Country Music Before Ray Charles by Timothy Dodge (Bloomsbury Academic)	Black Montmartre in the Jazz Age by Robert Tomlinson (University of Georgia Press)	Dismantling Racism in the United States: Rooted in Slavery and the Fabric of American Society by Shawn Blue (Bloomsbury Academic)
The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution by Gregory E. O’Malley (St. Martin’s Press)	The Free and the Dead: The Untold Story of the Black Seminole Chief, the Indigenous Rebel, and America’s Forgotten War by Jamie Holmes (Atria)	Freedom Lost, Freedom Won: A Personal History of America by Eugene Robinson (Simon & Schuster)
I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month by Jarvis R. Givens (Harper)	In the Spirit, In the Dark: Black Music and Political Activism by Najja K. Baptist (New York University Press)	Injustice Town: A Corrupt City, a Wrongly Convicted Man, and a Struggle for Freedom by Rick Tulsky (Pegasus Books)
Ira Aldridge on the Stage: An Anthology by Gregory Vargo (Edinburgh University Press)	New Perspectives in Africana Studies: Innovations in Africana Studies in the Era of Black Lives Matter edited by Crystal L. Edwards and Abul Pitre (Hamilton Books)	No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC by Brian Gilmore (Georgetown University Press)
The Racial Wealth Gap: A Brief History by Mehrsa Baradaran (W.W. Norton & Co.)	The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love by Ethelene Whitmire (Viking Books)	Toeing the Line: The US Supreme Court and Affirmative Action Politics by Nina M. Moore (State University of New York Press)