THE THREE MOTHERS by Anna Malaika Tubbs
Book review by Jennifer Morrison
Before reading The Three Mothers, just the thought of the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin knocked my socks off.
I mean truly, why has no one ever talked about these three incredible women who raised three of the most prominent men who have ever lived?
It seems insane as soon you as you take it into consideration.
Anna Malaika Tubbs highlights in her book that by not seeing clearly through the haze of American culture we are, “erasing mothers (especially Black mothers) from the historical narrative.”
Alberta King, Louise Little, and Berdis Baldwin were born within five years of each other. They all gave birth to boys who would become world-changing men within six years of each other, they all married preachers, and they all lived to watch their sons die while trying to make this country a better version of itself.
The Three Mothers is expertly researched. It is extensively investigated. Anna elegantly weaves the three stories of these women’s lives into the most incredible history lesson that I have ever experienced in a single book.
I am in awe of her ability to succinctly and clearly carry the reader through a massive amount of difficult history, while also highlighting the awe-inspiring contributions that mothers—these three mothers, as well as all mothers—offer the world.
It is incredibly difficult to achieve what Anna achieves in this book. This is a love letter to all mothers. It is a love letter to mothers who have lost a child, and it is especially a love letter to all of the Black mothers who have had to be stronger than any one person should ever have to be, while facing judgement for being tough.
This book brought me to tears several times. It took my breath away. Anna Malaika Tubbs offers us a gift with her elegant tapestry of stories highlighting these extraordinary Black mothers in history.
The Three Mothers is a book that challenges us to pick up a pen and paper and start putting mothers back in the stories where they belong. Give them the credit. Shine a light on their contributions, and see them. Anna wants us to rightfully acknowledge them as great workers and divine warriors.
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