Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on August 31, 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:

Assembling a Black Counter Culture by DeForrest Brown (Primary Information)	Embodied Injustice: Race, Disability, and Health by Mary Crossley (Cambridge University Press)	Music in Black American Life, 1600-1945: A University of Illinois Press Anthology compiled by Laurie Matheson (University of Illinois Press)
Racial Innocence: Unmasking Latino Anti-Black Bias and the Struggle for Equality by Tanya Kateri Hernandez (Beacon Press)	Scenes From My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams (Crown Publishers)	Social Work With the Black African Diaspora by Washington Marovatsanga and Paul Michael Garrett (Policy Press)
The Mamas: What I Learned About Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me by Helena Andrews-Dyer (Crown Publishers)	Wasn’t That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster by Luigi Monge (University Press of Mississippi)	Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite by Camille Z. Charles et al. (Princeton Univerity Press)