I remembered this experience vividly as I read Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My ...

In Black in Blues, Imani Perry reaches to the height of the sky and the depth of the ocean, casting the history of blue as ...

Blue” has been one of the last colors to receive a name in nearly every culture, perhaps because of its rare occurrence in ...

Imani Perry's latest book, Black in Blues, is an evocative exploration of what the colour can tell us about being Black in ...

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so blue,” “black and blue,” etc.), in music (the blues) and in history (from the ...

Imani Perry finds room to improvise, to think on the page in what feels like real time. Her work walks a line between ethnography and history.

Imani Perry's new book, 'Black in Blues,' explores the connections between the color blue and Black identity, continuing her challenge of Southern misconceptions and fostering community.

But blue is also the colour of deep melancholy and heartache, echoing Louis Armstrong's question, "What did I do to be so ...

For cultural scholar and author Imani Perry, a professor at Harvard University and the writer of Looking for Lorraine: The ...

Capital Area District Libraries’ expert selectors have curated a dynamic Black History Month reading list for all ages, ...