Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

"As we’ve become accustomed to scrolling through pictures mindlessly, it’s easy to forget that there can be deep meaning in what we see, stories in a single color. Imani Perry dives deep to explore what the color blue has represented for generations of Black people across continents. It’s a color that represents hope. A color that became a sound. It’s the history in the hue of indigo dye, so valued that indigo cloth was a major currency of the slave trade. It’s a color that, like Black culture itself, contains multitudes and Perry’s meditation renders it in profound clarity."