Anna Malaika Tubbs

Anna Malaika Tubbs, Author of “The Three Mothers"

Anna Malaika Tubbs, Stephanie Cohen

Anna Malaika Tubbs' *The Three Mothers* utilizes original archival research to document the lives of Alberta King, Louise Little, and Berdis Baldwin, revealing how their distinct educational backgrounds and radical strategies directly shaped the legacies of their sons, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. By framing the systematic erasure of these Black women as an intentional oversight driven by historical bias, Tubbs demonstrates that their pursuit of equity, self-reliance, and narrative healing served as the foundational pillars for the Civil Rights movement. The work further argues that recognizing such multi-generational contributions is essential for both advancing racial justice and establishing diversity as a critical driver of corporate profitability and market innovation.