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This book was very informative on the lives of 3 great women who had great children, 3 of whom were Malcolm X, James Baldwin, and Martin Luther King Jr. Some of it was speculation since she was piecing together history through word of mouth and letters written, etc, she set the mood well I feel. I wish she would write a book on the wives of Malcolm X and Martin since they became close friends after their deaths.
Love that this book written. Helps combat the erasure of women and especially Black women and mothers in history.
What a necessary book! In the last year, I have been reading so many books, seeking to re-educate myself about what I thought I knew about American history, but this is the first book that has told the story of Black American Herstory. Tubbs not only tells the story of these three influential woman, she raises the veil of White supremacist misogyny. Her narrative of these three women's is compelling, and her ability to tie together their story with the stark reality of the world in which these women lived. This is not the history I was taught, but it is the history that must be spoken. Say these women's names. Speak their history, and let it not be repeated. Unfortunately, as she points out in the final chapter, Black mothers are still unjustly mourning their children. There is still so much work to do.
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I heard Ms. Tubbs on a podcast, and I was looking forward to reading this. As the author states this was an ambitious project fraught with the peril of speculation given the dearth of primary sources. It is important to remember Alberta King, Louise Little, and Berdis Baldwin as the author states too many Black women have been silenced and erased. I gave up at the final chapter after reading another caveat about the limited historical documents followed by an another conjecture. I appreciated how the author highlighted other mothers that have not made US history textbooks.
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I really enjoyed learning about the mothers of these influential men and appreciate that they were finally given the centering and recognition they deserved. I also loved how the author spoke of the power of black mothers in general and what is needed to support them better now and in the future. Writing structure was a little repetitive and difficult to follow on audiobook.
It’s more about a book on black motherhood than the three mothers listed on the cover. There’s just so little information about those three specific women it was hard for the author to center the book around them.
I appreciate this book. I wish it was divided into sections about individual women. It was challenging at times for me to keep up with the woman being discussed. Maybe bc it was the audio.