She/her/hers. Writer/intellectual/mother Professor @Harvard rep. by @CindyUh @CAA Speaking @LyceumAgency
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The film 'A New Day Begun' explores ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ from its Jim Crow-era origins to its role as a defining anthem of Black life. Harvard’s @imaniperry says, “the song still has the possibility to gather us, to give us a sense of hope and possibility.”
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Read this today cloakinginequity.com/2026/08…
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Good lord, what a coward. Here's your Cliffs Notes translating my tweet thread of questions into arguments about why the timing and manner of your critique of DEI not only offers no solutions, but also worsens the situation for the humanities and the university as such.
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National Book Award–winning author Imani Perry turns her knack for bringing history alive to a middle grade audience in her children's debut, ‘Hope in a Classroom: The Remarkable Story of Black American Students, Teachers, and Schools from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement.’ The nonfiction book is due out from Norton Young Readers in January 2027. buff.ly/Ev1oNEZ
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What a fascinating episode of @99piorg @romanmars - starts w Noah Webster and a guide for reading, then gets into history+contrasting perspectives of Booker T Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois, both influenced by guide. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Plus: expert insight from @imaniperry
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#MyLatest — Tomorrow, June 19, marks 40 years since Len Bias’ death not only changed basketball — but American politics too.
Speaking with @notthefakeSVP, @imaniperry, @JohnKerry and more, I search for not Bias, the cautionary tale. But Bias, the man.
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Some suggested (and signed) reading for #Juneteenth!
#Juneteenth2026 #DarenWang @waterscharles #IreneLatham @imaniperry @Ty_Seidule @towneoneill
#HowellRaines @MauriceRuffin #signedbooks @StMartinsPress @PutnamBooks @eccobooks @AlgonquinBooks @CrownPublishing @OneWorldLit
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VIDEO - Imani Perry: Democracy Requires Action, ‘A Nation Exists in Its Doing’ @esglaude @imaniperry grabien.com/story?id=595422
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Trump's DOJ is moving to stop reparations in Evanston, IL, exposing "a commitment to keeping discrimination intact," says @imaniperry. “Reparations is as American as apple pie," says @DorothyABrown, "so is anti-Black discrimination." #ConnectwithJacob
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💙 COVER REVEAL 💙 Arriving just in time for summer reading is the next in our stunning series of repackages of Toni Morrison's classic novels, featuring an introduction by National Book Award winner @imaniperry and a moving design by Perry de la Vega. #readmoremorrison
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Federal Court Blocks Alabama from Using New Congressional Map democracynow.org/2026/5/27/h…
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Philadelphia, today is Election Day!
It's time to decisively elect @ChrisRabb and make this bold, activist leader the Democratic nominee for Congress from the PA-03.
Polls are open until 8pm. If you want to get involved today, sign up here: bit.ly/rabbeday
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Haven't read our first Movement Makers feature? What are you waiting on?!
Read and be inspired! ✨️ buff.ly/1UafX1O
#movementhistory @YPeoplesProject
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Do you hear that? 🗣️🎙️ These @latimes Book Prizes audiobook narrators are coming straight from your headphones to the festival stage. Thanks to @audible_com, this is your chance to see them live!
Join us Saturday, April 18, for “Standouts in Audio: A Conversation with the Audiobook Award Finalists,” including @imaniperry @MollyJongFast @gildeak and others. 📚🎧
Admission is free! Learn more at latimes.com/fob! #bookfest
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Not ready for Women’s History Month to end? Us either!
Check out Movement Makers—highlighting people influenced by SNCC’s #grassrootsorganizing legacy. Our first issue features Maisha Moses, Executive Director of @YPeoplesProject
Read Now buff.ly/1UafX1O
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cover reveal for FROM INFINITE WORLD … very grateful for the design team and everyone at @wwnorton!
also, i am so very grateful for the generous and kind blurbs from @imaniperry, @deeshaphilyaw and sarah schulman! preorder today!
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With Weatherspoon Art Museum, we welcome National Book Award winner and MacArthur Fellow @imaniperry to our 2026 Book Festival.
In Black in Blues, she explores how art, memory, and history shape the American story.
A defining voice for our American Kaleidoscope.
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It’s a beautiful day for a book festival! Welcome to day 2⃣ at #NOLABookFest!
Today you’ll hear from @walterisaacson @KenBurns @imaniperry @nolacampanella @KikiBakerBarnes @cjfarley @MollyJongFast @esglaude @MitchLandrieu @CharlesMBlow @agordonreed @DM_Rubenstein @jmart and many more!
View the schedule: bookfest.tulane.edu/schedule
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We're so excited that @latimes Book Prize finalist @imaniperry is joining us at @bookfest! 🌟
Perry is the National Book Award–winning author of "South to America," as well as "Black in Blues" and seven other books of nonfiction. She is the Henry A. Morss Jr. and Elisabeth W. Morss Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, and is a 2023 MacArthur Fellow.
On Saturday, April 18, don't miss her on the panel, "Standouts in Audio: A Conversation with the Audiobook Award Finalists." Learn more at latimes.com/fob!
