Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on July 21, 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:

A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line by John Cullen Gruesser (Oxford University Press)	Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy by Damien Lewis (Public Affairs)	The Atlanta Child Murders: Their Message Today About Education, Politics, and Race Relations by Felecia Nace and John Liebert (Rowman & Littlefield)
Citizenship on Catfish Row: Race and Nation in American Popular Culture by Geoffrey Galt Harpham (University of South Carolina Press)	Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik by Winston James (Columbia University Press)	Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp by J. Brent Morris (University of North Carolina Press)
From the New Deal to the War on Schools: Race, Inequality, and the Rise of the Punitive Education State by Daniel S. Moak (University of North Carolina Press)	If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress: Black Politics in Twentieth-Century Philadelphia edited by James Wolfinger (Temple University Press)	It Was Always a Choice: Picking Up the Baton of Athlete Activism by David Steele (Temple University Press)
Race and Reckoning: From Founding Fathers to Today’s Disruptors by Ellis Cose (Amistad)	Truly Blessed and Highly Favored: A Memoir by H. Call McCall (State University of New York Press)	Walking Alone: The Untold Journey of Football Pioneer Kenny Washington by Dan Taylor (Rowman & Littlefield)