Tanya Mosley

That was Nina Simone singing Little Girl Blue. And Imani, as you write about, there was just a lot going on with this album. There's a lot of delays with the recording label. It kind of set her on the path, really her career path decisions from that point on. What did you learn about Simone and the recording of this song that made you want to explore it for the book?

That was Nina Simone singing Little Girl Blue. And Imani, as you write about, there was just a lot going on with this album. There's a lot of delays with the recording label. It kind of set her on the path, really her career path decisions from that point on. What did you learn about Simone and the recording of this song that made you want to explore it for the book?

I actually referenced something in my introduction, and that's the sartorial choices of wearing blue throughout history. You reference how Coretta Scott King wore blue on her wedding day to Martin Luther King Jr. Carlotta Lanier was the youngest of nine children to desegregate a high school in 1957, and she wore a blue dress. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in his Dodgers blue. Mm-hmm.

I actually referenced something in my introduction, and that's the sartorial choices of wearing blue throughout history. You reference how Coretta Scott King wore blue on her wedding day to Martin Luther King Jr. Carlotta Lanier was the youngest of nine children to desegregate a high school in 1957, and she wore a blue dress. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in his Dodgers blue. Mm-hmm.

I actually referenced something in my introduction, and that's the sartorial choices of wearing blue throughout history. You reference how Coretta Scott King wore blue on her wedding day to Martin Luther King Jr. Carlotta Lanier was the youngest of nine children to desegregate a high school in 1957, and she wore a blue dress. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in his Dodgers blue. Mm-hmm.

What's the argument for these examples kind of being anything more than a coincidence?

What's the argument for these examples kind of being anything more than a coincidence?

What's the argument for these examples kind of being anything more than a coincidence?

Our guest today is scholar and award-winning author Imani Perry, who has written a new book, Black and Blues, How a Color Tells the Story of My People. We'll be right back in just a bit. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

Our guest today is scholar and award-winning author Imani Perry, who has written a new book, Black and Blues, How a Color Tells the Story of My People. We'll be right back in just a bit. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

Our guest today is scholar and award-winning author Imani Perry, who has written a new book, Black and Blues, How a Color Tells the Story of My People. We'll be right back in just a bit. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

I was thinking about the retort against Black Lives Matter back in 2020. And for some, it was Blue Lives Matter. Yeah. How are you thinking about the color blue as it relates to authority, to police, the military?

I was thinking about the retort against Black Lives Matter back in 2020. And for some, it was Blue Lives Matter. Yeah. How are you thinking about the color blue as it relates to authority, to police, the military?

I was thinking about the retort against Black Lives Matter back in 2020. And for some, it was Blue Lives Matter. Yeah. How are you thinking about the color blue as it relates to authority, to police, the military?

Something you referenced in our conversation is indigo, the colonial export of indigo. And indigo was really instrumental in shaping the destinies of millions of Africans. What did you learn about the creation of indigo blue in the slave trade?

Something you referenced in our conversation is indigo, the colonial export of indigo. And indigo was really instrumental in shaping the destinies of millions of Africans. What did you learn about the creation of indigo blue in the slave trade?

Something you referenced in our conversation is indigo, the colonial export of indigo. And indigo was really instrumental in shaping the destinies of millions of Africans. What did you learn about the creation of indigo blue in the slave trade?

My guest today is scholar and author Imani Perry, and we're talking about her new book, Black in Blues, How a Color Tells the Story of My People. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

My guest today is scholar and author Imani Perry, and we're talking about her new book, Black in Blues, How a Color Tells the Story of My People. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.

My guest today is scholar and author Imani Perry, and we're talking about her new book, Black in Blues, How a Color Tells the Story of My People. We'll continue our conversation after a short break. This is Fresh Air.