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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 : color illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPulishers, [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 Alabama -- 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.
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

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Bethlehem Main Library 305.896 (Text) 33062009968364 New Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 305.896 P463b (Text) 31901004843647 New Adult Nonfiction Checked Out 02/22/2025


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