Instagram Twitter Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs is analyzing the patriarchy in a new nonfiction book. The author will publish Erased: What American Patrarchy Has Hidden From Us, a new nonfiction book, this spring. Forthcoming from Flatiron Books, Tubbs’ new book examines the history and development of the patriarchy in the United States. In Erased, Tubbs argues that …
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What to Read During Black History Month and Beyond
Instagram Twitter What to Read During Black History Month and Beyond History is a living, breathing thing. It’s something that, for better or for worse, is never stagnant but is constantly shifting and being renegotiated. In America, Black History Month in particular has the ability to illuminate the most turbulent and horrific periods of this …
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7 Books That Explore the Complexities of Black Mothers and Black Motherhood
Instagram Twitter 7 Books That Explore the Complexities of Black Mothers and Black Motherhood For many, motherhood is a much-anticipated experience. While there is joy to be found, the reality of raising Black children has tainted motherhood for many Black mothers. There is a significant gap in the treatment and the experience of Black motherhood. …
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Oprah Daily: 7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Reads
Instagram Twitter Oprah Daily: 7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Reads Each January, schools and offices close so that we may honor Martin Luther King. Jr., and the movement he gave his life to. Nearly two decades after his assassination, and after much public vilification, the civil rights leader was officially given a federal holiday commemorating his …
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Anna Malaika & Michael Tubbs: Turning Admiration Into Action
Instagram Twitter Podcast: Anna Malaika & Michael Tubbs: Turning Admiration Into Action New York Times best-selling author, Anna Malaika Tubbs, and her husband, the first Black mayor of Stockton, California, Michael Tubbs bring their magnetic humanity to a conversation about marriage, parenting, and how Black women have paved the way for justice and equality despite …
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NPR: Anna Malaika Tubbs: The Three Mothers
Instagram Twitter NPR: Anna Malaika Tubbs: The Three Mothers MLK Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin are household names, but what about their mothers? This hour, author Anna Malaika Tubbs explores how these three women shaped American history. This episode of the TED Radio Hour was produced by Rachel Faulkner and Katie Monteleone. It was …
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Shepherd: The Three Mothers (Review)
Instagram Twitter Shepherd – The Three Mothers (Review) In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible storIES of three women who raised three world-changing men. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY
LA TIMES: Four Black authors on the fight ‘for our history’ at a Festival of Books panel
Instagram Twitter LA TIMES: Four Black authors on the fight ‘for our history’ at a Festival of Books panel Is race the determining factor in the story of America? That hotly debated question has come even more to the forefront in recent years, as the police murder of George Floyd sparked uprisings and reckonings across the country, followed by …
The Cut: The Burden of the Black Mother
Instagram Twitter The Cut – The Burden of the Black Mother by Anna Malaika Tubbs As soon as Mamie Till-Mobley, then Mamie Till, learned of her son’s torture and murder, she got to writing. There was work to be done, a need to understand every detail, a responsibility greater than her own healing. Her memoir — she …
CNN: The powerful woman who inspired MLK
Instagram Twitter CNN – The powerful woman who inspired MLK by Anna Malaika Tubbs (CNN) – We honor Martin Luther King’s memory every January, but there are still so many things most people do not know about his life. For example, in his family and among his closest friends, he was known to be lighthearted and …
