Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs

Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs holds a Ph.D in Sociology and Masters in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge in addition to a Bachelors in Anthropology from Stanford University. Anna’s research, writing, and talks are centered on gender and race issues in the U.S., especially as these relate to the pervasive erasure of Black women. Anna’s debut book, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation is a New York Times Bestseller as well as a New York Times Editor’s Choice and an Amazon Editor’s Pick. Her storytelling career continued upon signing a major two-book deal with Flatiron Books and publishing her second non-fiction work Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us,  released in May 2025. She is also working on a novel, a children’s book series, and screen projects.