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... A new book explains what the color blue can teach us ...

Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, begins with a memory of blue: A missing dropped-ceiling tile in her grandmother’s bedroom reveals a glimpse of the ...

Blue is the color of the ocean and the sky, and considering blue's color symbolism, it makes sense why this color is associated with calmness. In fact, one survey found that blue is a favorite color ...

What do Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, jazz and the middle passage all have in common? Scholar and author Imani Perry explains — it's the color blue. In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color ...