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.

Black Feminist Writing: A Practical Guide to Publishing Academic Books by Stephanie Y. Evans (State University of New York Press)	Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & Culture by Tonya Blazio-Licorish and Tara Donaldson (Union Square & Co.)	Celebrating Around the Table: Learning the Stories of Black Christians Through Readings, Fellowship, Food, and Faith by Trillia J. Newbell (Harvest House Publishers)
Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair by Carole Boston Weatherford (Candlewick)	Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas by Theresa Delgadillo (University of Michigan Press)	The Gospel of John Marrant: Conjuring Christianity in the Black Atlantic by Alphonso F. Saville IV (Duke University Press)
Heavyweight: Black Boxers and the Fight for Representation by Jordana Moore Saggese (Duke University Press)	I Am Maroon: The True Story of an American Political Prisoner by Russell Shoatz (Bold Tyoe Books)	In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries by Wayne A. Wiegand (University Press of Mississippi)
Land, Cultural Dispossession, and Resistance: Afrodescendent and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas edited by Stephen Haymes et al. (Routledge)	The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America by Ron Tarver (George F Thompson Publishing)	Open Admissions: The Poetics and Pedagogy of Toni Cade Bambara, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Adrienne Rich in the Era of Free College by Danica Savonick (Duke University Press)
Poetry of the Civil Rights Movements in Australia and the United States, 1960s–1980s by Ameer Chasib Furaih (Anthem Press)	The Power of Black Excellence: HBCUs and the Fight for American Democracy by Deondra Rose (Oxford University Press)	Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. edited by Michelle D. Commander (Rizzoli Electa)
We’re Alone: Essays by Edwidge Dantcat (Graywolf Press)	Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community by Patrick Joseph O’Connor (University Press of Mississippi)	Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved by Jasmine L. Holmes (Baker Books)