Title Statement |
Black in blues: how a color tells the story of my people / [text (large print)] : Imani Perry. |
Author |
Perry, Imani, 1972- |
Publication |
New York: Ecco Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,[2025]©2025 |
Edition |
Large print edition. |
Extent of Item |
x, 368 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates |
ISBN |
9780063386273 (trade paperback) |
Other Number |
pr07454071 |
General Notes |
Originally published in standard print format: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025. |
Contents |
Our blue interior --Writing in color --Blue goes down --The land where the blues began --True blue --Antigua, South Carolina, Montserrat --Saint-Domingue and Haiti --A sign which will not be cut off --Jaybirds sing --Blue gums and blue-black --Hoodoo blue --The blue note --Blue pots --Lonely blue --Blue-eyed negroes --Blue-back speller --Egyptian blue in America --Blue flag, gold star --The blues --Eating the other --Janie's blues --Bentonia --Blueprints --Citizens --Montgomery, Newport, Cape Verde, Accra --Afro blue --The boys in blue --Overall movement --Holy repetition --Black saint --Old blue eyes, new blacks --Heaven's there for those ... --From Indigo child to Whitney's blues --Seeing the seventh son --God's will undone, the creek did rise. |
Summary |
"A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue -- and its fascinating role in Black history and culture -- from National Book Award winner Imani Perry"-- |
Subjects & Genres |
By Topic |
African Americans--History |
African Americans--Race identity |
African Americans--Social life and customs |
Blues (Music)--Psychological aspects |
Blue--Social aspects |
By Name |
Perry, Imani,1972- |
By Genre |
Large print books |
Biographies |
Personal narratives |