Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry Brett Battles she’s sent as a lady’s

she’s sent as a lady’s companion to an old family friend who is convalescing at a seaside hotel

has died under mysterious circumstances

who are assigned to appropriate family units

Someone older

and their friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly altered world beyond

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry Brett Battles she’s sent as a lady’sA surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blueand its fascinating role in Black history and culturefrom National Book Award winner Imani Perry Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In daily life, it is evoked in countless ways. Blue skies and blue water offer hope for that which lies beyond the current conditions. But blue is also the color of deep melancholy and heartache,