* American Negro Slave Revolts (1943)
* The Negro People in America (1946)
* A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States (1951)
* The World of C.L.R. James (1971)
* History of the American People (1974)
* The American Revolution: 1763-1783 (1980)
* Nat Turner's Slave Revolt (1983)
* Abolitionism: A Revolutionary Movement (1989)
* One Continual Cry: Voices from the African American Struggle for Freedom (1994)
Articles:
* "Marxist Approaches to American History" (1947)
* "The Negro and the American Revolution" (1950)
* "The Negro People and the Constitution" (1954)
* "Du Bois and the American Tradition" (1959)
* "The Nature of Historical Evidence" (1962)
* "The Afro-American People and Revolution" (1967)
* "The American Revolution and the Masses" (1975)
* "African-Americans and the Labor Movement" (1981)
* "The Future of the Black Liberation Movement" (1987)
Speeches:
* "The Negro People and the American Revolution" (1950)
* "The Negro and the Constitution" (1954)
* "Du Bois and the American Tradition" (1959)
* "The Afro-American People and Revolution" (1967)
* "The American Revolution and the Masses" (1975)
* "African-Americans and the Labor Movement" (1981)
* "The Future of the Black Liberation Movement" (1987)
Interviews:
* "An Interview with Herbert Aptheker" (1967)
* "Herbert Aptheker on the Black Liberation Movement" (1975)
* "Herbert Aptheker on American History" (1980)
* "Herbert Aptheker on the Future of Socialism" (1985)