Recent Books That May Be 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. Here are the latest selections.

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Abstractionist Aesthetics: Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture by Phillip Brian Harper (New York University Press)	Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society edited by Toyin Falola and Daniel Jean-Jacques (ABC-CLIO)	DisCrit: Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory in Education edited by David J. Connor et al. (Teachers College Press)
Landscapes of Exclusion: State Parks and Jim Crow in the American South by William O’Brien (University of Massachusetts Press)	Minority Voting in the United States edited by Kyle L. Kreider and Thomas J. Baldino (Praeger)	Our Gang: A Racial History of The Little Rascals by Julia Lee (University of Minnesota Press)
The Healing Power of Hip Hop by Raphael Travis Jr. (Praeger)	The Sound of Culture: Diaspora and Black Technopoetics by Louis Chude-Sokei (Wesleyan University Press)	What Works at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): Nine Strategies for Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates by Tiffany Beth Mfume (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)