Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on November 25, 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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A Formula for Eradicating Racism: Debunking White Supremacy by Timothy McGettigan and Earl Smith (Palgrave Pivot)	A Good Investment? Philanthropy and the Marketing of Race in an Urban Public School by Amy Brown (University of Minnesota Press)	A History of Fort Worth in Black & White: 165 Years of African-American Life by Richard F. Selcer (University of North Texas Press)
Black Power in the Bluff City: African American Youth and Student Activism in Memphis, 1965–1975 by Shirletta Kinchen (University of Tennessee Press)	Cultural Melancholy: Readings of Race, Impossible Mourning, and African American Ritual by Jermaine Singleton (University of Illinois Press)	Integrating the Inner City: The Promise and Perils of Mixed-Income Public Housing Transformation by Robert J. Chaskin and Mark L. Joseph (University of Chicago Press)
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema edited by Allyson Nadi Field et al. (University of California Press)	Maya Angelou: Adventurous Spirit by Linda Wagner-Martin (Bloomsbury Academic)	Race Becomes Tomorrow: North Carolina and the Shadow of Civil Rights by Gerald M. Sider (Duke University Press)
Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement by Yohuru Williams (Routledge)	Skin Bleaching in Black Atlantic Zones: Shade Shifters by Shirley Anne Tate (Palgrave Pivot)	Slave Against Slave: Plantation Violence in the Old South by Jeff Forrett (Louisiana State University Press)
The Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History edited by Matthew L. Harris and Newell G. Bringhurst (University of Illinois Press)	The Sage Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America edited by Mwalimu J. Shujaa and Kenya J. Shujaa (Sage Publications)	Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race – and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations That Divide Us by Benjamin Watson (Tyndale Momentum)
Voodoo and Power: The Politics of Religion in New Orleans 1881-1940 by Kodi A. Roberts (Louisiana State University Press)	White Lies: Race and Uncertainty in the Twilight of American Religion by Christopher M. Driscoll (Routledge)	White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations by Robert Vitalis (Cornell University Press)