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. Here are the latest selections.

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American Routes: Racial Palimpsests and the Transformation of Race by Angel Adams Parham (Oxford University Press)	Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. by Treva B. Lindsey (University of Illinois Press)	Frankie and Johnny: Race, Gender, and the Work of African American Folklore in 1930s America by Stacey I. Morgan (University of Texas Press)
Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture by Britt Rusert (New York University Press)	In the Shadow of Dred Scott: St. Louis Freedom Suits and the Legal Culture of Slavery in Antebellum America by Kelly Kennington (University of Georgia Press)	Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination by Melissa L. Cooper (University of North Carolina Press)	Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics, and Memory edited by Erica Ball and Kellie Carter Jackson (University of Georgia Press)	Stories from the Front of the Room: How Higher Education Faculty of Color Overcome Challenges and Thrive in the Academy by Michelle Harris et al. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)