Perry took on misconceptions about the South (and won the National Book Award) with “South to America.” In “Black in Blues” ...

National Book Award-winning author of South to America, as well as eight other books of nonfiction. She is the Henry A. Morss ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...

How a Color Tells the Story of My People, published by Harper Collins this month. Below, she discusses Black excellence and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Fred Armisen, a comedian and actor best known for his time on “Saturday Night Live” and the sendup of hipster sensibilities “Portlandia,” will be coming to Birmingham this ...

No evidence of foul play is suspected. In both 1983 and 2002, Wilson listed a Perry Oliver of Robinwood as an emergency contact, but efforts to reach Robinwood have failed. Warnie Booth, 78, of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A 20-year-old killed in a Birmingham shooting was identified Tuesday morning. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said Nehemiah Williams Wren was shot during a reported ...

Author Imani Perry will take part in the Arts and Letters Live program at the Dallas Museum of Art on Feb. 2. A professor at Harvard University, she was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2023.( ...

Thank you, everyone, for coming to our first/final book-club meeting. Apologies for how long it’s taken us to settle on a date, but in between work, kids, and the pretense of joining adult ...

CALERA, Ala. (WIAT) — A Calera police officer arrested a suspect who allegedly crashed the vehicle they were driving into a home’s backyard Saturday night. According to the Calera Police Department, a ...