The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a NationMuch has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin, and about Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them, whose lives spanned Jim Crow, the Great Migration, the civil rights movement, and the specific prejudices Black women faced during these and many more pivotal moments in American history. Berdis, Alberta, and Louise pushed their sons toward

his neighborhood

Miles uncovers a chilling plot

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter

But he LOVES his Zuri

when Trayvon Martin's killer went free

it nearly cost Alice her life

Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes is not only a brilliant look at our current cultural moment

but she has other talents

But she can't let her friend down

A triumph of the spirit

Everything will make you laugh

there are a few questions she needs answered