Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on July 15, 2021

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:

Lacan Noir: Lacan and Afro-Pessimism by David S. Marriott (Palgrave Macmillan)	Leading While Black: Challenges of Being an African American Leader in a White Organization by Anthony Harris (Gatekeeper Press)	Memphis Hoops: Race and Basketball in the Bluff City, 1968–1997 by Keith Brian Wood (University of Tennessee Press)
Philip Payton: The Father of Black Harlem by Kevin McGruder (Columbia University Press)	Race, Crime, and Policing in the Jim Crow South: African Americans and Law Enforcement in Birmingham, Memphis, and New Orleans, 1920–1945 by Brandon T. Jett (Louisiana State University Press)	To End a Plague: America’s Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa by Emily Bass (Public Affairs)