A collection of books donated by Michael A. Paller in memory Richard Bracy Hicks. Richard Bracy Hicks, a native Clevelander, though unable to hold a steady job due to a chronic illness, showed sensitivity to others expressed in his day-to-day dealings and in his poetry and prose writings. His ideas very much mirror those of Dr. Melvin Drimmer, late Professor in the History Department of Cleveland State University.

Richelle Sims, eldest of the three children of Richard Bracy Hicks, graduated cum laude from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georga, and is currently serving as social worker in a Cleveland area family service organization, while raising single-handedly her own daughter.

All titles in Special Collections have book plates. Other titles donated by Mr. Paller are in the circulating collection.