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The Forgotten Mothers of Civil Rights History (2022)

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Anima Lika Tubbs spent years researching three mothers who helped shape American history. We're going to talk about Burdis Baldwin, the mother of famous poet, playwright, novelist James Baldwin. She used her writing to help people find that light even through the hardest of times and very specifically to help them confront Jim Crow.

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