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:

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard (Hachette Books)	The Black Period: On Personhood, Race, and Origin by Hafizah Augustus Geter (Random House)	Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future by Brandi Collins-Dexter (Celadon Books)
Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)	Cross the Tracks: A Memoir by Boosie Badazz (Gallery Books)	Fashioning the Afropolis: Histories, Materialities and Aesthetic Practices edited by Kerstin Pinther et al. (Bloomsbury Visual Arts)
Hold It Real Still: Clint Eastwood, Race, and the Cinema of the American West by Lawrence P. Jackson (Johns Hopkins University Press)	Oriental, Black, and White: The Formation of Racial Habits in American Theater by Josephine Lee (University of North Carolina Press)	Preventing Child Maltreatment in the U.S.: The Black Community Perspective by Melissa Phillips (Rutgers University Press)
Teaching White Supremacy: America’s Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity by Donald Yavocone| (Pantheon)	Tears of My Mother: The Legacy of My Nigerian Upbringing by Wendy Osefo (Gallery Books)	Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabre (Henry Holt)