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The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

16 reviews

arayo's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Rape, and Terminal illness

jocelynzoe's review

emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

overthinkereading's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

“It is clear that Malcolm, Martin, and James were all part of a legacy much larger than themselves, and they had their mothers to thank, not only for their lives but for the direct instruction on how to survive in the world while actively changing it.”

It’s not often that nonfiction brings me to tears, but this work by Anna Tubbs is such a poignant, necessary, and long overdue perspective on the role of the mothers of three of the most recognized men of the modern civil rights movement.

I appreciated how the book was organized, and in listening to the author-narrated audiobook, it really felt more like a series of essays on each woman, versus a thick volume of information.

And ultimately, the unfortunate reality is that thick volumes of information are not available on these women. It is clear that the author worked tirelessly to source every detail shared in these pages, and presented their lives as compassionately and thoughtfully as possible.

The author’s note at the end of the book is a must-read, and a powerful reminder of the legacy these women left their sons, and all of us, in the pursuit of racial and social justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

danimcthomas's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

throwback682's review

informative inspiring

5.0

I learned so much from this book. Not just about the women and their life stories but things about American history in general. Important and inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse

One of the women in the book has her children taken by CPS and she’s put in an asylum. There are graphic descriptions of lynchings including grisly murders of pregnant women and babies.

stephanieheld's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Police brutality

cafeduke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow.  

This author's approach, thorough research, and ability to make these three mothers' lives all so gripping and readable is nothing short of inspirational.  She makes me want to be a better mother and teacher to my kids in their honor and the honor of mothers everywhere who have invisibly done the same throughout history.  I will thankfully never know what it's like to be knocked down time and time again by racism.  I will hopefully never be thrown in a mental institution for having the gall to stand up to racist, sexist government officials.  And geez, I am selfish and honest enough to say I hope to never have such successful children that they change the world enough for people to want to harm them.  I'm just glad my kids weren't watching me while I read because the book brought me to tears many times.  The suffering of black people in this country is appalling.  I'd heard many of the stories before, but not all, and not in such a short frame of time.  I sincerely hope the author has a good counselor and support group.  With all the horrors listed to frame the lives and times of these three women old enough to be her grandmother (great-grandmother?), I can only imagine the anguish and sadness coursing through her while at the same time she had all those pregnancy and post-pregnancy hormones amplifying it all.  It took a strong, amazing woman to write such a strong, amazing book.  Kudos and thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement and Domestic abuse

katelynprice's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

Reading this book taught me so much and helped shape my perspective. It's definitely academic writing, and some of it felt a bit disjointed. Overall, I loved what the author set out to do and think she successfully got her point across. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Gaslighting

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Listen to the audio book version and I cannot recommend it enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, and Drug use

kyeruhh's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse