Reviews with content warning for Racism - The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

20 reviews

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.

Content Warnings

katelynprice's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

Content Warnings

misscassylee's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Content Warnings

micalyia's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

Brought tears to my eyes. It was truly beautiful to hear more about the amazing mothers of these men.

Content Warnings

melted_books's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

A compelling look at the intersection between Black motherhood and activism. I sometimes had trouble following each of the women's lives from start to finish due to the rotating narrative structure, but this was excellent regardless.
Coincidentally, a TED Radio Hour episode featured Anna Malaika Tubbs as a guest to discuss this book. Listening to this episode immediately after finishing the book helped me synthesize all the information.
Content warning for mentions/descriptions of horrific acts of racially motivated violence.

Content Warnings

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

Go to review page

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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

Content Warnings

teamstarburger's review

Go to review page

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

This book looked at each family and each mother through many lenses and layers. I appreciate all the things this book made me think about, even through the discomfort of sadness at how our country has treated Black people (and specifically Black women) throughout its history.

Content Warnings