Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on November 18, 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.

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Alex Haley: And the Books That Changed a Nation by Robert J. Norrell (St. Martin’s Press)	Left Behind: Urban High Schools and the Failure of Market Reform by Edward P. St. John et al. (Johns Hopkins University Press)	Race Among Friends: Exploring Race at a Suburban School by Marianne Monica (Rutgers University Press)
Rescuing Our Roots: The African Anglo-Caribbean Diaspora in Contemporary Cuba by Andrea J. Quelled (University Press of Florida)	The Golden Era of Major League Baseball: A Time of Transition and Integration by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)	The Possible South: Documentary Film and the Limitations of Biraciality by R. Bruce Brasell (University Press of Mississippi)
Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy (Counterpoint)	Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice by David Pilgrim (PM Press)	Why Are They Angry With Us? Essays on Race by Larry E. Davis (Lyceum Books)