, by Anna Malaika Tubbs (Flatiron). This dynamic blend of biography and manifesto centers on Louise Little, Alberta King, and Berdis Baldwinâthe mothers of, respectively, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Baldwinâwomen whose legacies, as Tubbs notes, have been overlooked. Using them as a window into the varieties of Black American experience, Tubbs finds that, though they came from vastly different backgrounds, there were important commonalities: each was passionate about Black progress, each instilled a sense of duty and possibility in her children, and each outlived her son. Tubbsâs book stands against the womenâs erasure, a monument to their historical importance. As Malcolm X put it, âAll our achievements are momâs.â