- The Norton anthology of African American literature, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., general editor, Nellie Y. McKay, general editor
- Toni Morrison, critical perspectives past and present, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and K.A. Appiah
- Facing history, the Black image in American art, 1710-1940, Guy C. McElroy ; with an essay by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and contributions by Janet Levine, Francis Martin, Jr., and Claudia Vess ; edited by Christopher C. French
- Alice Walker, critical perspectives past and present, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and K.A. Appiah
- Richard Wright, critical perspectives past and present, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and K.A. Appiah
- Africana, the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience, editors, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates
- Moses, man of the mountain, Zora Neale Hurston ; with a foreword by Deborah E. McDowell ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Slave narratives
- The Civitas anthology of African American slave narratives, edited by William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates Jr
- The image of the Black in western art, David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., general editors ; Karen C.C. Dalton, associate editor
- African American lives, a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York
- The classic slave narratives, edited and with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr