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The host described the book as exploring the significance of the color blue in Black life, from the indigo trade to the birth of blues music, and later highlighted it as a thoughtful study of how a color tells the story of her people.
Her new book, Black and Blues, explores the significance of blue in black life, from the indigo trade to the birth of blues music.
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The host described the book as exploring the significance of the color blue in Black life, from the indigo trade to the birth of blues music, and later highlighted it as a thoughtful study of how a color tells the story of her people.
Her new book, Black and Blues, explores the significance of blue in black life, from the indigo trade to the birth of blues music.
my guest today, scholar Imani Perry, does that with her new book, Black and Blues, How a Color Tells the Story of My People.