Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

Filed in Books on March 29, 2023

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:

Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures edited by Kevin M. Strait and Kinshasha (Smithsonian Books)	After Black Lives Matter by Cedric Johnson (Verso)	Benjamin Banneker and Us: Eleven Generations of an American Family by Rachel Jamison Webster (Henry Holt)
Black and Queer on Campus by Michael P. Jeffries (New York University Press)	Black Health in the South edited by Steven S. Coughlin et al. (Johns Hopkins University Press)	Black Is a Church: Christianity and the Contours of African American Life by Josef Sorett (Oxford University Press)
A Brief Moment in the Sun: Francis Cardozo and Reconstruction in South Carolina by Neil Kinghan (Louisiana State University Press)	Melanin Base Camp: Real-Life Adventurers Building a More Inclusive Outdoors by Danielle Williams (Black Dog & Leventhal)	Parties, Political Finance, and Governance in Africa: Extracting Money and Shaping States in Benin and Ghana by Rachel Sigman (Cambridge University Press)
Segregation and Resistance in the Landscapes of the Americas edited by Eric Avilia and Thaisa Way (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library)	The Slave Trade in Africa: An Ongoing Holocaust by Simon Web (Pen and Sword History)	Workers of All Colors Unite: Race and the Origins of American Socialism by Lorenzo Costaguta (University of Illinois Press)