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  1. And that is why Anna Malaika Tubbs’ detailed account of their lives is so significant and timely. Her study, THE THREE MOTHERS, shines a brilliant light on the influence that these three women exerted in the lives of their sons: James Baldwin, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

  2. 4.5 2,118 ratings. See all formats and editions. New York Times Bestseller. "This dynamic blend of biography and manifesto centers on Louise Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwin . . . Tubbs's book stands against the women's erasure, a monument to their historical importance." --The New Yorker.

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  3. Feb 2, 2021 · Tubbs is absolutely right that society seeks to efface Black mothers from history, and this book struggles to redress that injustice. By writing a social history inclusive of racialized gender violence, she locates each woman in her everyday context to show how she might have behaved.

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  4. Apr 23, 2021 · Tubbs addresses the racism, sexual oppression, and class oppression that Black mothers have faced. She speaks of the hostile “circumstances” of racist and capitalist society in which Black mothers are “deemed less than but forced to be more than” (219).

  5. Feb 17, 2021 · What he didn’t need was a new stepfather, David Baldwin, who suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness. The reverend and first lady of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church wanted only the best for their daughter, Alberta.

  6. Feb 11, 2021 · In the face of racism, sexism and tremendous violence, these three mothers survive. They are honored, in these pages, as the extraordinary women they were, in their own right. This ambitious book...

  7. Feb 24, 2021 · In the face of racism, sexism, and tremendous violence, these three mothers survive. They are honored, in these pages, as the extraordinary women they were, in their own right. This ambitious book reframes African American history, supplying the female Black experience as a much-needed perspective.

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