Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on May 12, 2022

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:

Almost Dead: Slavery and Social Rebirth in the Black Urban Atlantic, 1680-1807 by Michael Lawrence Dickinson (University of Georgia Press)	Be My Baby: A Memoir by Ronnie Spector (Henry Holt)	Isn’t Her Grace Amazing! The Women Who Changed Gospel Music by Cheryl Wills (Amistad)
The Legacy of the New Farmers of America by Antoine J. Alston et al. (Arcadia Publishing)	The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within the Courts by Virginia L. Summey (University of Georgia Press)	My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song by Emily Bingham (Alfred A. Knopf)
My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist’s Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole by Will Jawando (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)	Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau (Little Brown)	We’re Not OK: Black Faculty Experiences and Higher Education Strategies edited by Antija M. Allen and Justin T. Stewart (Cambridge University Press)