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, White, Colored: The Hidden Story of an Insurrection, a Family, a Southern Town, and Identity in America by Lauretta Malloy Noble and LeeAnet Noble (Amistad)	Black Women, Leadership, and Change in K-12 Education: Beyond the Status Quo by Tamra Simpson and Valery Dragon (Palgrave Macmillan)	Dissenting Forces: A History of Abolition and Black Thought in Higher Learning by Michael E. Jirik (New York University Press)
Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975–2025 by John Edgar Wideman (Scribner)	The Last House on the Block: Black Homeowners, White Homesteaders, and Failed Gentrification in Detroit by Sharon Cornelissen (University of Chicago Press)	Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers: 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis (Liveright)
The Reconstruction Diary of Frances Anne Rollin: A Critical Edition edited by Jennifer Putzi (University of North Carolina Press)	Repoliticizing the Word Through Poetry and Preaching: Early Black Christian Women’s Lives Matter by April C.E. Langley (Wayne State University Press)	Shirley Graham Du Bois: Artist, Activist, and Author in the African Diaspora edited by Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel and Phillip Luke Sinitere (University of Pennsylvania Press)