Imani Perry

Imani Perry is the Hughes Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author of Breathe: A Letter to My Sons.

Recent Articles

I Searched for Answers About My Enslaved Ancestor

'Did slavery make home always somewhere else?'

By Imani Perry

'I Will Not Allow That to Be Your Life.' A Mother's Letter to Her Black Sons on Growing Up in America

Read an excerpt from Imani Perry's new book, 'Breathe'

By Imani Perry
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