Imani Perry

Imani Perry is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where she is also affiliated with the Programs in Gender and Sexuality Studies and Law and Public Affairs. Perry is the author of five books and numerous scholarly articles. Her fields of inquiry include legal history, cultural studies, literary studies, and music. She holds a PhD from Harvard in American Studies, a JD from Harvard Law School, an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center, and a BA from Yale College. She is also a creative nonfiction essayist and a book reviewer. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Perry spent most of her childhood in Massachusetts, as well as time in Chicago. Perry currently lives in the Philadelphia area with her two sons.

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Imani Perry is the 2023 UUA General Assembly Ware Lecturer The 2020-2021 UUA Common Read Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world...

Book | By Imani Perry | For Children | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: Children, Coming of Age, Community, Culture, Family, Race/Ethnicity, Racial Justice

Imani Perry is the 2023 UUA General Assembly Ware Lecturer An essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand America Winner of the 2022 National Book Award for...

Book | By Imani Perry | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop
Tagged as: America, Anti-Oppression, Community, History, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, History, Social Justice

James Baldwin’s critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers.

Book | By James Baldwin, Imani Perry | From Beacon Press
Tagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice

The history of conquest is a scourge on the human condition. A lingering one.

Quote | By Imani Perry | October 27, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Evil, Freedom, Greed, History, Humanism, Oppression, Poverty, Secular

At the core of American racism is the belief that the things we the Blacks desire, the fact that we the Blacks desire, are perversions.

Reading | By Imani Perry | October 27, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, America, Anti-Oppression, Challenge, Character, Imagination, Race/Ethnicity

I do not believe the acts of oppressors are my people's shame.

Quote | By Imani Perry | October 27, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Culture, Direct Experience, Generations, History, Humanism, Identity, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Secular, Self-Respect

I was born nine years after four little girls were killed in Birmingham, Alabama, and two other boys later the same day.

Reading | By Imani Perry | October 27, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, America, Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, History, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, WorshipWeb, Worship

The drug that says that whiteness is what matters most about white people is what makes so many of them think that is what must be protected at all costs.

Quote | By Imani Perry | October 19, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Race/Ethnicity

Black men are not a species. They, you, belong to humanity.

Reading | By Imani Perry | October 19, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, America, Character, History, Race/Ethnicity, WorshipWeb, Worship

Imani Perry is the 2023 UUA General Assembly Ware Lecturer A revealing portrait of one of the most gifted and charismatic, yet least understood, Black artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century.

Book | By Imani Perry | From Beacon Press
Tagged as: Oppression, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice, Social Justice

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