Imani Perry

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  • 2005: Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Barnes & Noble Classics Series, Notes and Introduction, Barnes & Noble; ISBN   9781593082932
  • 2011: More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States, New York University Press; ISBN   9780814767375
  • 2018: Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, Beacon Press. ISBN   9780807064498
  • 2018: May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN   978-1-4696-3860-7
  • 2018: Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation, Duke University Press. ISBN   9781478000600
  • 2019: Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, Penguin Random House ISBN   978-0807076552
  • 2022: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation , Ecco Press. ISBN 978-0062977403
  • Controversy over arrest

    Imani Perry
    Imani Perry 2022 02.png
    Perry in 2022
    Born (1972-09-05) September 5, 1972 (age 51)
    Academic background
    Education Yale University (BA)
    Harvard University (JD, PhD)
    Georgetown University (LLM)

    On February 6, 2016, Perry was pulled over by the Princeton police, who alleged that she was speeding at 67 mph in a 45 mph zone. [23] Her driver's license was then found to be suspended due to unpaid parking tickets, one of which was two–three years old. Perry was arrested for the outstanding warrant and physically searched. She was handcuffed, transported to the police station, and handcuffed to a bench during the booking process. Perry posted bail and was released. [24] She subsequently drew parallels between police conduct in this incident and behavior cited in the national debate around racially-motivated mistreatment, actual or alleged, of African Americans by the police. [25] Video released by the Princeton Police Department revealed that she might have exaggerated her claims of mistreatment by the officer, though portions of the encounter remain out of view and there is no publicly available video of treatment at the police station. [26] She appeared in municipal court the month after her arrest and paid $428 in traffic fines, the judge having reduced and amended the charges to a lesser offense, "from 22 miles over the speed limit, to nine miles over". [27]

    Awards

    YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
    ?Looking for Lorraine BCALA NonfictionHonor Book
    2019 Publishing Triangle Awards Judy Grahn Award Shortlisted
    Lambda Literary Awards Nonfiction Shortlisted
    Pauli Murray Book PrizeShortlisted
    PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award Won
    May We Forever Stand NAACP Image Awards Nonfiction Shortlisted
    2022 South to America National Book Award Nonfiction Won

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