This is a list of books published by Amistad Press, an imprint of HarperCollins acquired in late October 1999. It is the oldest imprint devoted to the African-American market, and takes its name from a slave ship on which a revolt occurred in 1839. Charles F. Harris (1934–2015) started in the 1970s the quarterly anthology of black writing Amistad at Random House, where he worked as a senior editor from 1967, and it "went through a number of collaborative publishing ventures with large publishers" before being launched in 1986 as the independent imprint Amistad Press Inc. Harris joined HarperCollins as vice president of the imprint at the time of the 1999 merger, and remained as editorial director until 2003. The current editorial director is Tracy Sherrod, who joined the Amistad imprint in 2013.
Publishing about 10 titles a year, Amistad does not aim for commercial fiction success; it leans toward narrative nonfiction.
, approximately 154 Amistad Press books are listed by the publisher as in print.
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32 Candles: A Novel, Ernessa T. Carter (2011)
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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey (2009) Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life's Riches, Steve Harvey (2014) African Beginnings, James Haskins and Kathleen Benson (1998) After the Dance: My Life with Marvin Gaye, Jan Gaye (2015) The Air Between Us: A Novel, Deborah Johnson (2009) Alek: My Life from Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel, Alek Wek (2008) All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories, Edward P. Jones (2006) All the Right Stuff, Walter Dean Myers (2012) American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, Rachel L. Swarns (2013) Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson (2016) At Home with Muhammad Ali, Hana Ali (2019) Autobiography of My Dead Brother, Walter Dean Myers (2005)
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Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers (2001) Balm: A Novel, Dolen Perkins-Valdez (2015) Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo", Zora Neale Hurston (2018) Beauty and the Beast, H. Chuku Lee (2014) Bebop Express, H. L. Panahi (2005) Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley, Christopher Farley (2007) Better Than Good Hair: The Curly Girl Guide to Healthy, Gorgeous Natural Hair!, Nikki Walton and Ernessa T. Carter (2013) Between Father and Son: An African-American Fable, Eric V. Copage (2005) Big Jabe, Jerdine Nolen (2003) Biscuit Wants to Play Spinner Rack, Alyssa Satin Capucilli (2001) Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-Determination, Herb Boyd (2017) Black is Brown is Tan, Arnold Adoff (2002) Black Pearls: Daily Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations for African-Americans, Eric V. Copage (2005) Black Pearls for Parents: Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations for African-American Parents, Eric V. Copage (2005) The Blacker the Berry, Joyce Carol Thomas (2008) The Book of Luke: My Fight for Truth, Justice, and Liberty City, Luther Campbell and Tanner Colby (2015) Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement, Fergus Bordewich (2006) Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation, Andrea Davis Pinkney (2008) Brick by Brick, Charles R. Smith, Jr. (2012) Bronzeville Boys and Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks (2006) Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems, Eloise Greenfield (2008) Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America, James Haskins and Kathleen Benson (2001) Burn My Heart, Beverley Naidoo (2008) By Love Possessed: Stories, Lorna Goodison (2012)
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Career GPS: Strategies for Women Navigating the New Corporate Landscape, Linda Villarosa (2011) Chasing Space, Leland Melvin (2017) Coach Carter, Jasmine Jones (2004) Come to Win: Business Leaders, Artists, Doctors, and Other Visionaries on How Sports Can Help You Top Your Profession, Venus Williams and Kelly E. Carter (2011) Confessions of a Video Vixen, Karrine Steffans (2006) Conversations with God: Two Centuries of Prayers by African Americans, James M. Washington (2014) Coretta Scott, Ntozake Shange (2009) Crystal, Walter Dean Myers (2002) A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel, Yvvette Edwards (2012)