Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

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 Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks by Angela Jackson (Beacon Press)	African American Children in Early Childhood Education: Making the Case for Policy Investments in Families, Schools, and Communities edited by Iheoma U. Iruka at al. (Emerald Publishing)	African American–Latino Relations in the 21st Century: When Cultures Collide by Karen Juanita Carrillo (Praeger)
I Hear My People Singing: Voices of African American Princeton by Kathryn Watterson (Princeton University Press)	Is Racism an Environmental Threat? by Ghassan Hage (Polity)	Leading While Black: Reflections on the Racial Realities of Black School Leaders Through the Obama Era and Beyond by Floyd Cobb (Peter Lang International)
Race, Ethnicity and Law edited by Mathieu Deflem (Emerald Publishing)	The Hidden Among the Hidden: African-American Elder Male Caregivers by Helen K. Black et al. (Oxford University Press)	The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea by Christopher J. Lebron (Oxford University Press)
The Racial Glass Ceiling: Subordination in American Law and Culture by Roy L. Brooks (Yale University Press)	The Southern Hospitality Myth: Ethics, Politics, Race, and American Memory by Anthony Szczesiui (University of Georgia Press)	Who Writes for Black Children? African American Children’s Literature Before 1900 edited by Katharine Capshaw and Anna Mae Duane (University of Minnesota Press)