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dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
This is a good read overall. The message and aim of this book are solid, however, I was hoping to read more information from primary sources about these three women, and there wasn't a lot of that. But I still think it's an important work that the author does a great job of distilling down into a relatively short book.
Fascinating and a beautiful tribute. I am so glad this author decided to focus on lives that have too easily been ignored. It was a little distracting to jump between the three lives but flowed much easier once I got used to that. Moving.
Torn
I’m torn on this one. The information presented was difficult to read about, the horrors of slavery and aftermath, and the reminders of how it is still impacting us today. All important points. But I went into this book hoping for three biographies, which were a bit bare, and then the conclusion was the author making her point on black women in America. And while she makes good, important, points, that is not what the book was purported to be about.
I’m torn on this one. The information presented was difficult to read about, the horrors of slavery and aftermath, and the reminders of how it is still impacting us today. All important points. But I went into this book hoping for three biographies, which were a bit bare, and then the conclusion was the author making her point on black women in America. And while she makes good, important, points, that is not what the book was purported to be about.
informative
medium-paced
Enjoyed learning about these women and how their lives were similar. This read like an academic paper but I didn’t mind that so much. It did feel somewhat contrived - fitting the pieces together to put forth a very specific viewpoint. While it all rang true, I did wish at times the exposition was more nuanced.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Murder
Lots of things I learned. Just read more like a paper some of the time than a book.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Excellent but I don't really love author narrators unless they are reading memoir. This one was not served by that.
Intricately researched, passionately political, beautifully compassionate. This book shares a forgotten legacy of black mothers who had to bury their brilliant sons and provides an emotional education in the role they played in shaping these men and in turn the civil rights movement. This work deserves to be read far and wide!
I have read a bit about MLK, Malcolm, and Baldwin and how their lives overlapped and intersected so I was excited to pick up this book about their mothers. Unfortunatly I feel a bit let down, and now that I look farther at the cover the fact that the women's names are not even here tells me something about the book. There didn't seem to be enough information for Tubbs to work with. Moments I felt significant get a few sentences, the focus always on the boys. I also felt the writing was a bit disjointed, it would flip from one woman to the other so consistently I had a hard time keeping track of who we were talking about. I did learn some new things, especially about after the men's deaths, but that too felt a bit unmoored as I tried to piece together the timeline. This will be a good read for those without a good background of the men themselves.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced