Three Mothers

How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Three Mothers
Anna Malaika Tubbs
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 272pg
3 Feb 2022 UK
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9780008405359
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In her groundbreaking and essential debut Three Mothers, Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America' s most pivotal heroes: Martin Luther King, Jr. , Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin' s son James, about Alberta King' s son Martin Luther, and Louise Little' s son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them, all born into the beginning of the 20th century and its deadly landscape of racial prejudice. Jim Crow. Exploitation. Unpoliced violence. Police violence. It was a society that would deny their sons' humanity from the beginning as it had denied theirs, but Berdis, Alberta, and Louise raised their children to hope and work towards better. Louise had fought her own battles for change and taught her children about their activist roots. Berdis encouraged James to express himself in writing. Alberta based her lessons in faith and social justice, raising Martin Luther to believe in what was right, and to dream. In doing all of this, building their sons towards resilience, resistance and greatness, they would become mothers not just to three world-changing men but to the civil rights movement itself. These women, in their common goals and differences, as individuals and as mothers, represent a piece of history left untold and a celebration of Black motherhood long overdue.
' An intimate narrative that aims to link not only Little, King and Baldwin, but all Black mothers' New York Times Book Review' Masterful . . . Her storytelling is compelling. This important piece of scholarship and profoundly personal defence of African American women deserves a wide audience' Booklist' A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history . . . Uncovers hidden complexities within black motherhood that illuminate our understanding of the past while also shedding light on the overlooked contributions of black women today. An eye-opening, engrossing read' Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half and The Mothers' Does what Black women do best: hold up the light in darkness, calling us all to do our work . . . Anna is a powerful storyteller, and we should all be grateful she chose to tell this story' Brittany Packnett Cunningham, co-host of Pod Save the People and co-founder of Campaign Zero' In excavating the life stories of the mothers who reared three of the most central figures in the struggle for civil rights, Anna Malaika Tubbs provides a profound reflection on the contours of Black freedom in the twentieth century and beyond . . . An essential celebration of Black women, one that illuminates the history of racism and resistance in critical new ways. A timely and important book' Elizabeth Hinton, author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime' Magnificent . . . An intimate explication of motherhood as the shoulders upon which children stand . . . but it' s also a love letter to these three particular Black women; a scholarly rejection of the trope of Black woman as conquered victim; and a literary declaration that Black women know best how to survive in this broken world while actively mending it for everyone' Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult
Anna Malaika Tubbs is a Cambridge Ph. D. candidate in Sociology and a Bill and Melinda Gates Cambridge Scholar. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a BA in Anthropology, Anna received a Master' s from the University of Cambridge in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies. Outside of the academy she is an educator, DEI consultant, and the First Partner of Stockton, CA. She lives with her husband, the mayor of Stockton, Michael Tubbs, and their son Michael Malakai.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780008405359
Published: 3 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: William Collins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 272

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