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.

Art and Activism: Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard by Jack Marchbanks (Ohio University Press)	El Monte’s New Itineraries: Afrodiasporic Spirituality in the Contemporary Caribbean edited by Alberto Sosa-Cabanas (Rutgers University Press)	How Black Music Took Over the World by Melvin Gibbs (Basic Books)
Integration at Second Base: Jackie Robinson and the Quest for Black Citizenship by Peter Eisenstadt (University of Virginia Press)	A Terrible Intimacy: Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South by Melvin Patrick Ely (Henry Holt)	When Home Is a Photograph: Blackness and Belonging in the World by Leigh Raiford (Duke University Press)