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. 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:

Afropolitan Projects: Redefining Blackness, Sexualities, and Culture from Houston to Accra by Anima Adjepong (University of North Carolina Press)	Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball’s Color Barrier by Ted Reinstein (Lyons Press)	Black Cowboys of Rodeo: Unsung Heroes from Harlem to Hollywood and the American West by Keith Ryan Cartwright (University of Nebraska Press)
Black Hands, White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America by Renee K. Harrison (Fortress Press)	Black in Blue: Lessons on Leadership, Breaking Barriers, and Racial Reconciliation by Carmen Best (HarperCollins)	Born on a Fence: Two Letters on Race in America by Colin David Noyes Jones (Bowker)
Bronzeville Nights: On the Town in Chicago’s Black Metropolis by Steven C. Dubin (CityFiles Press)	Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition by Joshua Myers (Polity)	Common Enemies: Georgetown Basketball, Miami Football, and the Racial Transformation of College Sports by Thomas F. Schaller (University of Nebraska Press)
Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America by Michael Eric Dyson (St. Martin’s Press)	Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought by Kristin Waters (University Press of Mississippi)	Martin Luther King: A Religious Life by Paul Harvey (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
Muhammad Ali in Africana Cultural Memory edited by L. James Conyers and N. Christel Temple (Anthem Press)	Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette by Keith Wailoo (University of Chicago Press)	Sisterlocking Discoarse: Race, Gender, and the Twenty-First Century Academy by Valerie Lee (State University of New York Press)
Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction by Gordon C. Rhea (Louisiana State University Press)	The Black Man’s President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality by Michael Burlingame (Pegasus Books)	The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight by Peter C. Zimmerman (University Press of Mississippi)