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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.[9]
- 32 Candles: A Novel, Ernessa T. Carter (2011)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 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)
- Jumped, Rita Williams-Garcia (2009)
- Just As I Am, Cicely Tyson (2021)
- Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, Mildred Pitts Walter (2010)
- Keep Your Head to the Sky: My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire, Maurice White and Herb Powell (2015)
- The Known World, Edward P. Jones (2003)
- 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)
- 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)
- The Neighborhood Mother Goose, Nina Crews (2004)
- Nephew: A Memoir in Four-Part Harmony, MK Asante (2024)[10]
- 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 Holy Night: Christmas with the Boys Choir of Harlem, Faith Ringgold (2004)
- Obama: From Promise to Power, David Mendell (2007)
- Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs, Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida (2008)
- Obama: A Promise of Change, David Mendell (2008)
- One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia (2010)
- The Other Side of Truth, Beverley Naidoo (2012)
- 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)
- Ray & the Best Family Reunion Ever, Mildred Pitts Walter (2002)
- Redbone: The Millionaire and the Gold Digger, Ron Stodghill (2008)
- 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)
- 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)
- Unburnable, Marie-Elena John (2007)
- Unruly: The Highs and Lows of Becoming a Man, Ja Rule (2014)
- The Vow: A Novel, Denene Millner, Angela Burt-Murray, and Mitzi Miller (2006)
- 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)
- Your Brain Is a Muscle Too: How Student Athletes Succeed in College and in Life, Andre Hayes and Vince Fudzie (2013)
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