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

Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

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"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.

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African Americans History

African Americans Race identity

African Americans Social life and customs

Blue Social aspects

Blues (Music) Psychological aspects

Perry, Imani, 1972-

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ISBN:

9780062977397 (hardcover)
9780062977397
0062977393

Edition:

First edition

Description:

243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 22 cm

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

LCCN:

2024037118

Control Number:

3353437

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