Imani Perry

Imani Perry is an interdisciplinary scholar, writer, and professor at Princeton University, where she holds appointments in the Center for African American Studies and the Department of African American Studies. A leading voice on race, culture, and the American South, she is the award-winning author of several acclaimed books, including "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation," which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, "Vexy Thing: On Gender and Liberation," and "May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem." Perry's work combines rigorous scholarship with lyrical prose.