Short Story Collections Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1970s
- Ark of Bones and Other Stories by Henry Dumas
- Rope of Wind And Other Stories by Henry Dumas
- Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara
- Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
- Miss Muriel and Other Stories by Ann Petry
- You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories by Alice Walker
- In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women by Alice Walker
- In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women by Alice Walker
- Such Things from the Valley by Arthenia Bates Millican
- The Bottoms and Hills: Virginia Tales by Arthenia Bates Millican
- The Beach Umbrella and Other Stories by Cyrus Colter
- Ten Times Black: Stories from the Black Experience by Julian Mayfield