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.
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This dynamic blend of biography and manifesto centers on Louise
Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwin--the mothers of,
respectively, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James
Baldwin--women whose legacies, as Tubbs notes, have been
overlooked. Using them as a window into the varieties of Black
American experience.... Tubbs's book stands against the women's
erasure, a monument to their historical importance. As Malcolm X
put it, 'All our achievements are mom's.' --The New
Yorker's Briefly Noted column This ambitious book reframes
African American history, supplying the female Black experience as
a much-needed perspective. --The Washington Post
Tubbs's portrait is an intimate narrative that aims to link not
only Little, King and Baldwin, but all Black mothers... the
intersections she highlights are beautiful. --The New York Times
Book Review An engrossing triple biography of Alberta King, mother
of Martin Luther King Jr.; Louise Little, mother of Malcom X; and
Berdis Baldwin, mother of James Baldwin... Tubbs skillfully draws
parallels between each woman's story, and vividly captures the
early years of the civil rights movement. This immersive history
gives credit where it's long overdue.--Publishers Weekly Tubbs
does a masterful job of interweaving the facts of these women's
lives into the evolving social and political histories of civil
rights, including accounts of the horrific injustices suffered by
women of color.--Booklist (starred review) Tubbs's connection
to these women is palpable on the page -- as both a mother and a
scholar of the impact Black motherhood has had on America.
Through Tubbs's writing, Berdis, Alberta, and Louise's stories
sing. Theirs is a history forgotten that begs to be told, and Tubbs
tells it brilliantly.
--Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of
How to Be an Antiracist and National Book Award winner
Stamped from the Beginning The Three Mothers is a
fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by
history after raising sons who helped shape a movement. By tracing
the intellectual, political, and emotional strands of each woman's
life, Anna Malaika Tubbs 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 The Three Mothers tells a
captivating story of women traumatized by the nation they and their
sons would ultimately help transform.... There's no doubt that [it]
will be at the forefront of that changing conversation about Black
womanhood.--Destiny Birdsong, BookPage Anna Malaika Tubbs does
what Black women do best: hold up the light in darkness, calling us
all to do our work. The light Alberta, Louise and Berdis deserve is
finally shining on them, not only as mothers, but as women whose
lives and examples can stir up the gift in all of us. When we
tell the stories of Black women with the sharp truth and clarity
Anna has, we can better honor the past and find guidance for the
struggles of today. 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. The Three
Mothers is 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
Anna Malaika Tubbs' magnificent debut The Three Mothers is an
intimate explication of motherhood as the shoulders upon which
children stand. Yes, it is a biographical sketch of the Black women
who erected strong foundations for their would-be famous sons while
going largely un-recognized themselves, 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 and Real American Tubbs debuts
with an engrossing triple biography of Alberta King, mother of
Martin Luther King Jr.; Louise Little, mother of Malcom X; and
Berdis Baldwin, mother of James Baldwin.... Tubbs skillfully draws
parallels between each woman's story, and vividly captures the
early years of the civil rights movement. This immersive history
gives credit where it's long overdue.
--Publishers Weekly an intimate narrative that aims to link
not only Little, King, and Baldwin, but all Black mothers.--
New York Times Book Review This ambitious book reframes African
American history, supplying the female Black experience as a
much-needed perspective. --The Washington Post
a great examination of a rarely-told triple story you'll love.
--The Miami Times
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