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Read more The women have much in common: They were born within a few years of one another; they all married men trained in the church; their lives spanned the 20th century; all three outlived their sons. And yet they were very different from each other. Louise Langdon Little, who became the mother of Malcolm X, was Caribbean and biracial. Born in 1897, “the exact details of her conception have been lost to history,” Tubbs notes, but it is believed that her mother was raped by a white man. Sadly, this was not uncommon, Tubbs reminds us: “The effects of slavery ... the constant control of...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Book World: 'The Three Mothers' honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin Lisa Page, The Washington Post Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail - - - Motherhood is said to be its own reward. You learn to give of yourself, and this will stretch you, as a person. But you may also learn to put yourself in the background, which will shrink you - and even make you disappear. History does this to us anyway, argues scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs. Black women in particular are largely erased from the American historical trajectory - ...

In her new book, Anna Malaika Tubbs shines a light on the strong women behind three influential Black leaders

Celebrate Black History Month by looking back on Kentucky history makers Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, Special to Louisville Courier Journal © Courtesy of Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Carter Godwin Woodson Editor's note: The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage will provide The Courier Journal with a Black History Maker each day during Black History Month. The center’s goals are to enhance the public’s knowledge about the history, heritage and cultural contributions of African Americans in Kentucky and the heritage we share wi...

RICHMOND — Disappointed with a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling about the use of license plate readers, Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, is renewing his push to limit how long law enforcement agencies can retain data collected by the devices. The bill he introduced in the General Assembly would limit how long agencies can retain the data the automated readers collect to no more than 30 days, unless the information is actively being used in an investigation. His bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan vote of 28-11 and heads to the House of Delegates for its consideration. “It’...