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:

Ancestral Genomics: African American Health in the Age of Precision Medicine by Constance B. Hilliard (Harvard University Press)	Black Cyclists: The Race for Inclusion by Robert J. Turpin (University of Illinois Press)	Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008 by Jesse Chanin (University of North Carolina Press)
The Conscious Cultural Worker: Counter-Narratives of Black Women Activists as Radical Educators by Khalilah Ali (Lexington Books)	Family War Stories: The Densmores’ Fight to Save the Union and Destroy Slavery by Keith P. Wilson (Fordham University Press)	Frontline Bodies: Sports and Black Struggles for Justice Since the Late Nineteenth Century by Nicolas Martin-Breteau (Johns Hopkins University Press)
The Only Way Out: The Racial and Sexual Performance of Escape by Katherine Brewer Ball (Duke University Press)	Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit by Say Burgin (New York University Press)	Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History by Laura Helton (Columbia University Press)
We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything by Arionne Nettles (Lawrence Hill Books)	We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For by Eddie Glaude Jr. (Harvard University Press)	World’s Fastest Man: The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson by Mary Ormsby (Sutherland House Books)