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'The Three Mothers' who paved the way for three extraordinary men
Listen to the episodeA history that brings to the fore the lives of the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin, arguing that these women — Alberta King and her contemporaries — shaped their famous sons and deserve recognition in their own right, not merely as footnotes to their children's legacies.
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