| Title Statement |
Black in blues: how a color tells the story of my people / Imani Perry. |
| Author |
Perry, Imani, 1972- |
| Publication |
New York: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,[2025]©2025 |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Extent of Item |
243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates |
| ISBN |
9780062977397 (hardcover) |
| Other Number |
pr07454335 |
| 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 |
Biographies |
| Personal narratives |
