The Three Mothers

**Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them.In her groundbreaking and essential debut *The Three Mothers* , scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes.****One of *Fortune Magazine* 's 21 Books to Look Foward to in 2021Badass Women's Bookclub pick for "Badass Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2021!"**Berdis Baldwin, Alberta King, and Louise Little were all born at the beginning of the 20th century and forced to contend with the prejudices of Jim Crow as Black women. These three extraordinary women passed their knowledge to their children with the hope of helping them to survive in a society that would deny their humanity from the very beginning--from Louise...