Perry took on misconceptions about the South (and won the National Book Award) with “South to America.” In “Black in Blues” ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...

How a Color Tells the Story of My People, published by Harper Collins this month. Below, she discusses Black excellence and ...

National Book Award-winning author of South to America, as well as eight other books of nonfiction. She is the Henry A. Morss ...

Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, ...

Short reviews of recent releases.

Public intellectual Imani Perry will be in conversation with actor Andre Holland for a special event at the Birmingham Museum ...

The scholar recommends four inventive books that offer instruction on how to create meaning, beauty, and intimacy amid ...