What The Color Blue Tells About Black History

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Jan 28, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast

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Award-winning author and scholar Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.

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What The Color Blue Tells About Black History

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