Stevens Memorial Library Announces How The Mothers Of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X And James Baldwin Shaped A Nation On March 24

Press release from the Stevens Memorial Library:

March 17, 2021

Join us on 3/24 @ 7PM for “How The Mothers Of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X & James Baldwin Shaped A Nation”. Register directly on Zoom HERE. Presented in collaboration with the Tewksbury Public Library, Memorial Hall Library in Andover, Stevens Memorial Library in North Andover, Flint Memorial Library in North Reading.

Join Anna Malaika Tubbs for a discussion of her acclaimed new book, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. Enjoy a fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history after raising sons who helped shape a movement.

About The Book: 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, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised some of America’s most pivotal heroes.

About The Author: 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.

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