Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on December 23, 2020

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. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, JBHE will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

Here are the latest selections:

Bridging the Race and Gender Gaps: Representation of Women and Minorities Among MacArthur Fellows, 1981-2018 by Amadu Jacky Kaba (Adonis & Abbey Publishers)	Colonial Kinship: Guaraní, Spaniards, and Africans in Paraguay by Shawn Michael Austin (University of New Mexico Press)	Everyday Violence Against Black and Latinx LGBT Communities by Siobhan Brooks (Lexington Books)
Forgotten Legacy: William McKinley, George Henry White, and the Struggle for Black Equality by Benjamin R. Justesen (Louisiana State University Press)	Francisco de Paula Brito: A Black Publisher in Imperial Brazil by Rodrigo Camargo de Godoi (Vanderbilt University Press)	Freedom on Trial: The First Post-Civil War Battle Over Civil Rights and Voter Suppression by Scott Farris (Lyons Press)
Hip-Hop as Philosophical Text and Testimony: Can I Get a Witness? by Lissa Skitolsky (Lexington Books)	I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography by John Thompson (Henry Holt)	I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life by B. Brian Foster (University of North Carolina Press)
Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books by Ken Quattro (Yoe Books)	Protecting Whiteness: Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality edited by Cameron D. Lippard et al. (University of Washington Press)	Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American Politics by LaFleur Stephens-Dougan (University of Chicago Press)
Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image edited by Danielle Apungo et al. (Teachers College Press)	Struggle for Justice: Four Decades of Civil Rights Photography by Don Carleton (University of Texas Press)	Textures: The History and Art of Black Hair edited by Tameka Ellington and Joseph L. Underwood (Hirmer Publishers)
The Archive of Fear: White Crisis and Black Freedom in Douglass, Stowe, and Du Bois by Christina Zwarg (Oxford University Press)	Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell by Alison M. Parker (University of North Carolina Press)	W.E.B. Du Bois: The Lost and the Found by Elvira Basevich (Polity)