Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people / Imani Perry.
"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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Perry, Imani, 1972- African Americans > Social life and customs. African Americans > History. African Americans > Race identity. Blue > Social aspects. Blues (Music) > Psychological aspects. |
Available copies
- 30 of 43 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockingham County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 43 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| East Asheville Library | 305.896073 PER (Text) | 0020660427228 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | 305.896073 PER (Text) | 0020660431824 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | 305.896 P (Text) | 33258009638631 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | 305.896 PER (Text) | 23900000102847 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | 305.896 P (Text) | 33258009638649 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 305.896 P 2025 (Text) | 0112524404417 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 305.896 P (Text) | 33258009638656 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/05/2025 |
| Hudson (Fontana) | 305.896 PER (Text) | 39493108966534 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Jackson County Public Library | 305.896 P (Text) | 39493109532541 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/07/2025 |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 305.896 P (Text) | 39149008425316 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
