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Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people / Imani Perry.

Van Pelt Library E185.86 .P476 2025
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Perry, Imani, 1972-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Perry, Imani, 1972-.
Perry, Imani.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
African Americans.
African Americans--History.
African Americans--Race identity.
Blue--Social aspects.
Blue.
Blues (Music)--Psychological aspects.
Blues (Music).
Physical Description:
243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPulishers, [2025]
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
ISBN:
9780062977397
0062977393
OCLC:
1474965597

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