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.

Here are the latest selections:

An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays (Beacon Press)	Bending the Arc: My Journey from Prison to Politics by Keeda J. Haynes (Seal Press)	Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentagon by Larry O. Spencer (Naval Institute Press)
Depictions of Home in African American Literature by Trudier Harris (Lexington Books)	Freedom Seekers: Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800–1860 by Damian Alan Pargas (Cambridge University Press)	Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experience, Ministerial Travels, and Labours of Mrs. Elaw edited by Kimberly D. Blockett (West Virginia University Press)
Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports by John Feinstein (Little, Brown & Co.)	The Poetics of Difference: Queer Feminist Forms in the African Diaspora by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan (University of Illinois Press)	The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson by Alicia K. Jackson (University Press of Mississippi)
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones (One World)	The Spirit of Our Work: Black Women Teachers (Re)member by Cynthia Dillard (Beacon Press)	To Live and Play in Dixie: Pro Football’s Entry into the Jim Crow South by Robert D. Jacobus (Prometheus)