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]
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
^"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.
^ abc"Media Makers: Charles F. Harris" (interview date: 6/8/2005, 7/28/2005 and 8/2/2005), The History Makers.
^ abReid, Calvin (February 21, 2003). "New Staff, New List At Amistad Press". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
^ abWeber, 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.
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