Through Anna Malaika Tubb’s writing, Berdis, Alberta, and Louise’s stories sing. Theirs is a history forgotten that begs to be told, and Tubbs tells it brilliantly.Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist
and National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning

Anna Malaika Tubbs uncovers hidden complex­ities within black mother­hood that illuminate our understanding of the past while also shedd­ing light on the over­looked contributions of black women today. An eye-opening, engross­ing read! Brit Bennett, New York Times bestselling author of
The Vanishing Half and The Mothers

The light Alberta, Louise and Berdis deserve is finally shining on them, not only as mothers, but as women whose lives and examples can stir up the gift in all of us. Brittany Packnett Cunningham,
host of Undistracted and founder of Love & Power

An essential celebration of Black women, one that illuminates the history of racism and resist­ance in critical new ways. A timely and important book. Elizabeth Hinton, author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime

An intimate explication of motherhood as the shoulders upon which children stand. Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of
How to Raise an Adult and Real American