Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people Cover Image

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

Perry, Imani, 1972- (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062977397
ISBN: 0062977393
Physical Description: 243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPulishers, [2025]
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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.