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From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Ariana Prail in Fermina Kim.

In her new book, The Three Mothers, Anna Malika Tubbs, tells the hidden histories of the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin. Reminiscent of books like The Warmth of Other Sons and Hidden Figures, Tubbs weaves together

the stories of Alberta King, Louise Little, and Bertus Baldwin, showing how they shaped the

lives of their sons and offering a deeper understanding of black resistance and resilience.

We'll speak to Tubbs about the book and the key but often marginalized role of black women in U.S. history.

That's all next after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Ariana Prail in for Mina Kim.

Alberta King, Louise Little, and Bertus Baldwin. Their names aren't recognizable the way their sons are.

But a new book by Anna Maliketub seeks to change that. In The Three M mothers, how the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin shaped a nation, Tubbs argues that by

understanding the full extent of these women's lives, which span a century of American life

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