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This is a list of books published by Amistad Press , an imprint of
HarperCollins acquired in late October 1999.
[1]
[2] It is the oldest imprint devoted to the
African-American market,
[3] and takes its name from
a slave ship on which a revolt occurred in 1839 .
Charles F. Harris (1934–2015)
[2]
[4] 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"
[3] before being launched in 1986 as the independent imprint Amistad Press Inc.
[2] Harris joined HarperCollins as vice president of the imprint at the time of the 1999 merger,
[5] and remained as editorial director until 2003.
[4] The current editorial director is Tracy Sherrod, who joined the Amistad imprint in 2013.
[6]
[7]
Publishing about 10 titles a year,
[7] Amistad does not aim for commercial fiction success; it leans toward narrative nonfiction.
[8]
As of December 2020
[update] , 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)
A
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)
B
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)
C
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)
D
Danitra Brown, Class Clown ,
Nikki Grimes (2005)
Danitra Brown Leaves Town , Nikki Grimes (2001)
Darius & Twig , Walter Dean Myers (2013)
Dark Girls ,
Bill Duke and
Shelia P. Moses (2014)
Daughters of Men , Rachel Vassel (2011)
Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob ,
Matt Birkbeck (2008)
Dr. Susan Taylor's Rx for Brown Skin: Your Prescription for Flawless Skin, Hair, and Nails ,
Susan C. Taylor (2008)
Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies ,
Dick Gregory (2017)
Donavan's Double Trouble , Monalisa DeGross (2007)
Donavan's Word Jar , Monalisa DeGross (1998)
Don't Ever Wonder: A Novel ,
Darren Coleman (2005)
Don't Know Much About Martin Luther King Jr. ,
Kenneth C. Davis (2005)
Doo-Wop Pop , Roni Schotter (2008)
Dope Sick , Walter Dean Myers (2009)
The Dream Bearer , Walter Dean Myers (2003)
E
Embracing the Love God Wants You to Have: A Life of Peace, Joy, and Victory , Taffi Dollar (2014)
Endangered: A Novel , Jean Love Cush (2014)
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues ,
Elijah Wald (2014)
Every Time a Rainbow Dies ,
Rita Williams-Garcia (2001)
Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press ,
James McGrath Morris (2015)
F
Fake ID , Lamar Giles (2014)
Fat Albert: Gonna Have a Good Time! , Acton Figueroa (2004)
Fat Albert: Hey, Hey, Hey! , Acton Figueroa (2004)
Fat Albert: The Movie Novel , Mike Milligan (2004)
Finding Samuel Lowe: China, Jamaica, Harlem ,
Paula Williams Madison (2015)
Flower Girl Butterflies , Beth Fitzgerald Howard (2004)
Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson , Rus Bradburd (2011)
Freedom's a-Callin Me , Ntozake Shange (2012)
The Friendly Four , Eloise Greenfield (2006)
From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island ,
Lorna Goodison (2009)
G
God Bless the Child , Billie Holiday, Jr. and
Arthur Herzog, Jr. (2003)
God, Can You Hear Me? ,
Justine Simmons ,
Robert Papp and
Rev Run (2007)
God Loves Haiti: A Novel , Dimitry Elias Léger (2015)
Gone Crazy in Alabama , Rita Williams-Garcia (2015)
The Gospel Cinderella , Joyce Carol Thomas (2004)
The Great Migration: Journey to the North , Eloise Greenfield (2010)
Guardian ,
Julius Lester (2008)
H
Handbook for Boys: A Novel , Walter Dean Myers (2002)
The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage , Walter Dean Myers and
Bill Miles (2005)
Harlem Renaissance Party ,
Faith Ringgold (2015)
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad ,
Ann Petry (1995)
Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood , Jill Watts (2007)
He Said, She Said ,
Kwame Alexander (2013)
Hold the Flag High ,
Catherine Clinton (2005)
Honey, I Love , Eloise Greenfield (2002)
Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth About an American Hero , Allene Carter and
Robert L. Allen (2004)
A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel , James Earl Hardy (2006)
How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea , Eloise Greenfield (2002)
Hush, Little Baby , Brian Pinkney (2006)
I
I Am Number Four ,
Pittacus Lore (2011)
I Can Make a Difference: A Treasury to Inspire Our Children ,
Marian Wright Edelman (2005)
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told , Walter Dean Myers (2008)
I'll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities , Dwayne Ashley,
Juan Williams , and Adrienne Ingrum (2007)
I'm Every Woman: Remixed Stories of Marriage, Motherhood, and Work , Lonnae O'Neal Parker (2006)
In the Land of Milk and Honey , Joyce Carol Thomas (2012)
In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems , Eloise Greenfield (2003)
In My Momma's Kitchen , Jerdine Nolen (1999)
In the Spirit ,
Susan L. Taylor (1994)
It Ain't All for Nothin' , Walter Dean Myers (2003)
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , Walter Dean Myers (2003)
J
K
L
Langston Hughes: American Poet ,
Alice Walker (1974)
Let the Lion Eat Straw , Ellease Southerland (2005)
Let's Get It On: A Novel ,
Jill Nelson (2010)
Let's Talk About Race , Julius Lester (2005)
Lift Every Voice and Sing ,
James Weldon Johnson (2007)
Little Divas ,
Philana Marie Boles (2005)
The Little Mouse ABC ,
Katharine Holabird (1983)
Lockdown , Walter Dean Myers (2010)
Lone Bean , Chudney Ross (2012)
Lost in the City: Stories , Edward P. Jones (2012)
A Love Noire: A Novel ,
Erica Simone Turnipseed (2004)
Love the One You're With: A B-Boy Blues Novel , James Earl Hardy (2003)
M
Mahalia Jackson: Walking with Kings and Queens , Nina Nolan (2015)
Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly , Walter Dean Myers (2003)
A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver , Stephen Krensky (2008)
Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall ,
Michael G. Long (2011)
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey ,
Peter Guralnick , Robert Santelli, and Holly George-Warren (2004)
McGuffey's Eclectic Primer ,
William Holmes McGuffey (1979)
Me & Neesie , Eloise Greenfield (2004)
Memories of Sun: Stories of Africa and America , Jane Kurtz (2003)
Miss Jessie's: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch---Naturally , Miko Branch (2015)
Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and into Legend , Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina (2009)
Monster , Walter Dean Myers (1999)
Monster's Chef: A Novel ,
Jervey Tervalon (2014)
More: A Novel ,
Austin Clarke (2009)
The Mother of Black Hollywood ,
Jenifer Lewis (2017)
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters ,
John Steptoe (1987)
Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven , Brian Pinkney (2005)
My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ,
Martin Luther King, III (2013)
N
The Neighborhood Mother Goose ,
Nina Crews (2004)
Nephew: A Memoir ,
MK Asante (2024)
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A Nest Full of Stars ,
James Berry (2004)
New Daughters of Africa : An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent , ed.
Margaret Busby (2019)
No Laughter Here , Rita Williams-Garcia (2003)
Not Guilty ,
Jabari Asim (2013)
Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom , Walter Dean Myers (1992)
O
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P.S. Be Eleven , Rita Williams-Garcia (2013)
Passport Diaries: A Novel , Tamara Gregory (2006)
Pictures for Miss Josie , Sandra Belton (2003)
Pitching in for Eubie , Jerdine Nolen (2007)
The Polished Hoe: A Novel ,
Austin Clarke (2004)
Pound for Pound: A Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson ,
Herb Boyd and Ray Robinson, Jr. (2006)
A Pride of African Tales , Donna Washington (2003)
The Pursuit of Happyness ,
Chris Gardner (2006)
R
S
Satch & Me ,
Dan Gutman (2006)
Scorpions , Walter Dean Myers (1988)
Shifting Through Neutral ,
Bridgett M. Davis (2005)
Shooter , Walter Dean Myers (2004)
Should America Pay? Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations , Raymond Winbush PhD (2003)
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga , Pamela Newkirk (2015)
Spinning the Globe: The Rise, Fall, and Return to Greatness of the Harlem Globetrotters , Ben Green (2006)
Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be ,
Chris Gardner and Mim E. Rivas (2009)
Straight Talk, No Chaser: How to Find, Keep, and Understand a Man , Steve Harvey (2010)
Street Love , Walter Dean Myers (2006)
Suitcase , Mildred Pitts Walter (2006)
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush ,
Virginia Hamilton (1983)
T
A Teacher's Guide to American Tapestry: Common-Core Aligned Teacher Materials and a Sample Chapter , Rachel L. Swarns and Amy Jurskis (2014)
This Is the Dream , Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander (2005)
This Voice in My Heart: A Runner's Memoir of Genocide, Faith, and Forgiveness ,
Gilbert Tuhabonye and Gary Brozek (2007)
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V
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Walter Dean Myers , Walter Dean Myers (2003)
The Warrior Method: A Parents' Guide to Rearing Healthy Black Boys , Raymond A. Winbush (2001)
Washington: How Slaves, Idealists, and Scoundrels Created the Nation's Capital ,
Fergus Bordewich (2008)
We Troubled the Waters , Ntozake Shange (2009)
We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq ,
Yvonne Latty and Ron Tarver (2005)
Web of Lies ,
Beverley Naidoo (2006)
Wench: A Novel , Dolen Perkins-Valdez (2010)
When Grandmama Sings , Margaree King Mitchell (2012)
When Harriet Met Sojourner ,
Catherine Clinton (2007)
The White Masai: My Exotic Tale of Love and Adventure ,
Corinne Hofmann (2007)
Winning the Money Game: Lessons Learned from the Financial Fouls of Pro Athletes ,
Adonal Foyle (2015)
Words of Wisdom: Daily Affirmations of Faith , Rev Run (2006)
Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art , Belinda Rochelle (2000)
Y
Your Brain Is a Muscle Too: How Student Athletes Succeed in College and in Life , Andre Hayes and Vince Fudzie (2013)
References
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"HarperCollins Publishers Announces Acquisition of Preeminent African-American Publisher, Amistad Press; Amistad Founder and Publisher Charles F. Harris to Join HarperCollins" . The Free Library , 1999. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
^
a
b
c
"Media Makers: Charles F. Harris" (interview date: 6/8/2005, 7/28/2005 and 8/2/2005) , The History Makers.
^
a
b Reid, Calvin (February 21, 2003).
"New Staff, New List At Amistad Press" .
Publishers Weekly . Retrieved November 23, 2014 .
^
a
b Weber, Bruce (December 22, 2015).
"Charles F. Harris, 81, Dies; Led Effort to Publish Work by Black Writers" .
The New York Times .
^ Harris, Hamil R.,
"Black publishing giant sold" ,
Black Enterprise , February 1, 2000.
^
"Tracy Sherrod to join Amistad" . HarperCollins Publishers. April 15, 2013.
^
a
b Patrick, Diane (October 7, 2016).
"At 30, Amistad Press Looks Ahead" . Publishers Weekly .
^ Jackson, David Earl (December 4, 2000).
"More Venues for Black Voices" . Publishers Weekly . 247 (49): 24–25.
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^
"HarperCollins Publishers - Nephew: A Memoir" .
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