Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on April 9, 2015

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. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.

Advancing Black Male Student Success From Preschool Through PhD edited by Shaun R. Harper and J. Luke Wood (Stylus Publishing)	African, American and European Trajectories of Modernity: Past Oppression, Future Justice? edited by Peter Wagner (Edinburgh University Press)	Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis by Preston Lauterbach (W.W. Norton)
East Meets Black: Asian and Black Masculinities in the Post-Civil Rights Era by Chong Chon-Smith (University Press of Mississippi)	Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series by Elizabeth Alexander (Museum of Modern Art)	Klandestine: How a Klan Lawyer and a Checkbook Journalist Helped James Earl Ray Cover Up His Crime by Pate McMichael (Chicago Review Press)
Racism in American Popular Media: From Aunt Jemima to the Frito Bandito by Brian D. Behnken and Gregory D. Smithers (Praeger)	Songs of Sorrow: Lucy McKim Garrison and Slave Songs of the United States by Samuel Charters (University Press of Mississippi)	The Buffalo Soldiers: Their Epic Story and Major Campaigns by Debra J. Sheffer (Praeger)
The Class of ’65: A Student, a Divided Town, and the Long Road to Forgiveness by Jim Auchmutey (PublicAffairs)	The Fortunes of Francis Barber: The True Story of the Jamaican Slave Who Became Samuel Johnson’s Heir by Michael Bundock (Yale University Press)	Tigers in the Tempest: Savannah State University and the Struggle for Civil Rights by F. Erik Brooks (Mercer University Press)