NAACP Inks Four-Book Deal with Amistad

The NAACP, the storied civil rights organization, has inked a deal with Amistad, the HarperCollins imprint and the country's oldest trade imprint dedicated to publishing Black authors. Amistad will publish two new books and a reprint of an existing work, as well as one previously self-published book nominated in the Outstanding Literary category the NAACP Image Awards, which will be selected by an independent group of judges. Judith Curr, president and publisher of HarperOne, and Patrik Henry Bass, executive editor of Amistad, who will edit the books, negotiated the international rights arrangement with NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson and Kyle Bowser, senior v-p of the NAACP Hollywood Bureau.

The first title in the series is tentatively set for fall 2025. The two new books include The Best of the Crisis, a "collection of essays and articles featuring the nation's most respected scholars, journalists, and authors from the NAACP's official magazine," which was founded by W.E.B. DuBois, and a cookbook "featuring recipes from celebrities across film, television, and the stage." The reprint is Twenty20 in Black, a "groundbreaking pictorial title that documented news and events from the pivotal year 2020," the publisher said.