Amistad 2

Edited by John A. Williams and Charles F. Harris

Vintage Books, February 1971 

Comments about Amistad 1

The first issue should leave no doubt in anyone's mind from what sector of American life the most penetrating thinking and writing is now coming. Amistad 1 challenges American arts and letters by presenting alternative interpretations of America and the West, with particular emphasis in this issue on history and literature . . . Amistad 1 has made an exciting beginning and its impact on college campuses as well as the white literary and academic establishment should be profound.

—New York Times Book Review

A great many whites will squirm when and if they read the first issue of Amistad 1. . . But none can quibble with the quality of the writing, the varied combination of fiction and essays and the directness and force with which major articles fortify the magazine's purpose

—Book Week

The Black movement has the shape of a triangle: culture connected to politics connected to economics. The editors have wisely chosen a multidisciplinary approach to their publication. They regard the humanities and social sciences as the major divisions of the university that must bear the responsibility for the "inculcation of intellectual racism." Amistad 1 can prove no important force in helping to give shape and definitions to the seventies. Such a magazine can prove invaluable to students, teachers, and the writers who will turn to its pages for publication.

—University Review

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