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The Forgotten Mothers of Civil Rights History (2022)

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Does It Get Cut Short by Marriage?

Louise Little and her husband Earl were sent to the Midwest by Marcus Garvey. She fell in love with a fellow organizer who was unapologetic about his feelings of black self-sufficiency, she says. Their house is burned down at one point when Louise is pregnant with Malcolm. They're there to kind of be like, yeah, we're here. It's almost like missionaries, but even riskier.

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