Assistant Professor of English Dr. Derek Handley sat down with TMJ4 News to share four books written by Black writers that every American should have on their shelves to learn about the Black experience. Watch the clip and read more here.

Dr. Handley recommended America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s (2021) by Elizabeth Hinton, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (2020) by Eddie Glaude, Jr., The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (2010) by Isabel Wilkerson, and Invisible Man (1952) by Ralph Ellison.