Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on June 12, 2013

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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Jamaica in Black and White: Photography in Jamaica C.1845-c.1920: The David Boxer Collection by Edward Lucie Smith and David Boxer (Macmillan Caribbean)	On the Sleeve of the Visual: Race as Face Value by Alessandra Raengo (Dartmouth College Press)	Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South’s Most Compelling Pennant Race by Larry Colton (Grand Central Publishing)
Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality by Patrick Sharkey (University of Chicago Press)	The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. (University of California Press)	Witches, Goddesses, and Angry Spirits: The Politics of Spiritual Liberation in African Diaspora Women’s Fiction by Maha Marouan (Ohio State University Press)