Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My PeopleNew · Nonfiction, History, Essays
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
2025 · 248 pages · Nonfiction
48
New
★ 4.25 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2025). 4.25★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
48Must-Read Score
- Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
- Readers56 out of 100 · counts 50%+32
- Buzz72 out of 100 · counts 15%+12
Where it ranks
- #140 of the 220 history books we rank
- #262 of the 730 new books we rank
- #626 of the 1,344 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2025)
Reads as
Thought-provoking, True story
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