Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on February 22, 2018

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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Between Two Worlds: Jean Price-Mars, Haiti, and Africa edited by Celucien L. Joseph et al. (Lexington Books)	Frederick Douglass: America’s Prophet by D. H. Dilbeck (University of North Carolina Press)	High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing by Ben Austen (Harper)
Hinsonville’s Heroes: Black Civil War Soldiers of Chester County, Pennsylvania by Cheryl Renee Gooch (The History Press)	Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869–1973 by Camille Walsh (University of North Carolina Press)	Richard Potter: America’s First Black Celebrity by John A. Hodgson (University of Virginia Press)
The Black American Gender Gaps: American Citizenship, Educational Attainment, and National Leadership Positions by Amadu Jacky Kaba (Pan African University Press)	The Defeat of Black Power: Civil Rights and the National Black Political Convention of 1972 by Leonard N. Moore (Louisiana State University Press)	The Pursuit of Happiness: Black Women, Diasporic Dreams, and the Politics of Emotional Transnationalism by Bianca C. Williams (Duke University Press)
The Sit-Ins: Protest and Legal Change in the Civil Rights Era by Christopher W. Schmidt (University of Chicago Press)	Tupac Equals: The Outlawz of Mic And Men by T. Ursula Green (Friesen Press)	Uncommon Bonds: Women Reflect on Race and Friendship edited by Kersha Smith and Marcella Runell Hall (Peter Lang International)