Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on April 15, 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.

Affirmative Action and Racial Equity: Considering the Fisher Case to Forge the Path Ahead edited by Uma M. Jayakumar and Liliana M. Garces (Routledge)	It’s Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television by Gayle Wald (Duke University Press)	Michelle Obama: A Life by Peter Slevin (Alfred A. Knopf)
My Journey With Maya by Tavis Smiley with David Ritz (Little, Brown & Co.)	Picture Freedom: Remaking Black Visuality in the Early Nineteenth Century by Jasmine Cobb (New York University Press)	Taking on Diversity: How We Can Move From Anxiety to Respect by Rupert W. Nacoste (Prometheus Books)
The Archaeology of Race in the Northeast edited by Christopher N. Matthews and Allison Manfra McGovern (University Press of Florida)	The Fight for Interracial Marriage Rights in Antebellum Massachusetts by Amber D. Moulton (Harvard University Press)	Who Freed the Slaves? The Fight Over the Thirteenth Amendment by Leonard L. Richards (University of Chicago Press)