Author Anna Malaika Tubbs
in conversation with author Julie Lythcott Haims
Sponsored by The Mosaic Community
in conversation with author Julie Lythcott Haims
Sponsored by The Mosaic Community
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
12-1 PM via Zoom
THE THREE MOTHERS: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation, author Anna Malaika Tubbs in Conversation with Julie Lythcott Haims will introduce readers to Alberta King, Louise Little, and Berdis Baldwin, three Black women born at the beginning of the 20th century.
Much has been written about their famous sons, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Precious little has been written about their mothers, their families and their early childhoods. We know little about the joys and pains of these three women, raising their children in a cruel and violent country, and the resilience and the resistance of being black women during that time in America. THE THREE MOTHERS represents a piece of history left untold and a celebration of Black motherhood long overdue.
12-1 PM via Zoom
THE THREE MOTHERS: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation, author Anna Malaika Tubbs in Conversation with Julie Lythcott Haims will introduce readers to Alberta King, Louise Little, and Berdis Baldwin, three Black women born at the beginning of the 20th century.
Much has been written about their famous sons, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Precious little has been written about their mothers, their families and their early childhoods. We know little about the joys and pains of these three women, raising their children in a cruel and violent country, and the resilience and the resistance of being black women during that time in America. THE THREE MOTHERS represents a piece of history left untold and a celebration of Black motherhood long overdue.
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 Bachelor’s degree in anthropology, Anna received a Master’s degree from the University of Cambridge in multidisciplinary gender studies. Outside of the academy she is an educator, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion consultant, and the First Partner of Stockton, California. She lives with her husband, Michael Tubbs, who is the mayor of Stockton, and their son, Michael Malakai.
Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. Her TED Talk on the subject has more than 5 million views, and in 2020 she became a regular contributor on CBS This Morning on parenting. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose-poetry memoir Real American, which illustrates her experience as a Black and biracial person in white spaces. A third book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, will be out in April 2021. Julie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her partner of over thirty years, their young adults, and her mother.
"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
"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
