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:

American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa by Arwen P. Mohun (University of Chicago Press)	America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy by Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar (Basic Books)	Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States by Charisse Burden-Stelly (University of Chicago Press)
The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier by Amy Godine (Three Hills)	Black Writers of the Founding Era edited by James G. Basker (Library of America)	Contested Valor: African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest, and Tokenism by Cameron D. McCoy (University Press of Kansas)
Creole Cultures, Vol. 1: Safeguarding Creole Intangible Cultural Heritage edited by Violet Cuffy and Jane Carr (Palgrave Macmillan)	Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of Independence by Shirley L. Green (Westholme Publishing)	Scratchin’ and Survivin’: Hustle Economics and the Black Sitcoms of Tandem Productions by Adrien Sebro (Rutgers University Press)
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America by Ivan Van Sertima (Random House)	This Is Our Home: Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations by Whitney Nell Stewart (University of North Carolina Press)	Watching While Black Rebooted! The Television and Digitality of Black Audiences edited by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade (Rutgers University Press)