Library Book Donation Project

Beginning in 2021, books that reflect the values of TCHT were selected by members of 91ÁÔÆæ’s TCHT Center to be donated to the college’s Daniel Library. This project was made possible through the support of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and The Papa John’s Foundation for Building Community.

All books donated through this project have been given a bookplate with this message:

This book is a gift from 91ÁÔÆæ’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Center. Books give us an opportunity to see the world in a different light, and to step into the shoes of another. Through these stories, we see and feel our shared humanity.

hope not fear
my invented country
i am not your negro
the price for their pound of flesh
a black women's history of the united states
boy erased
an indigenous peoples' history of the united states
wake
resisting jim crow
the sun does shine
mirror to the church
the loneliest Americans
red dust road
stubborn twig
taking up space
heavy
across that bridge
between everything and nothing
all that she carried
a long walk to water
memories of silk and straw
my vanishing country
writing my wrongs
the rose that grew from concrete
confronting hate
beautiful country
three girls from bronzeville
1000 years of joys and sorrows
somewhere in the unknown world

Full list of book titles and authors: 

  1. Hope Not Fear: Finding My Way from Refugee to Filmmaker, NHS Hospital Cleaner and Activist by Hassan Akkad
  2. My Invented Country: A Memoir by Isabel Allende
  3. I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
  4. A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
  5. The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation by Daina Ramey Berry
  6. Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley
  7. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
  8. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall
  9. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin
  10. Resisting Jim Crow: The Autobiography of Dr. John A. McFall by John A. McFall, edited by Lahnice McFall Hollister
  11. The Loneliest Americans by Jay Caspian Kang
  12. Mirror to the Church: Resurrecting Faith after Genocide in Rwanda by Emmanuel M. Katongole with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
  13. Red Dust Road by Jacke Kay
  14. Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family by Lauren Kessler
  15. Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi
  16. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
  17. Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America by John Lewis
  18. Between Everything and Nothing: The Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum by Joe Meno
  19. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
  20. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
  21. Memories of Silk and Straw: A Self-Portrait of Small-Town Japan by Dr. Junichi Saga
  22. My Vanishing Country: A Memoir by Bakari Sellers
  23. Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison by Shaka Senghor
  24. The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur
  25. Confronting Hate: The Untold Story of the Rabbi Who Stood Up for Human Rights, Racial Justice, and Religious Reconciliation by Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald S. Strober
  26. Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner
  27. Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang
  28. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai Weiwei
  29. Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang