Jessica DuLong is a journalist, historian, book collaborator, and ghostwriter, as well as chief engineer, emerita of the retired 1931 New York City fireboat, John J. Harvey. Her latest book, Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift, is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Her first book, My River Chronicles: Rediscovering the Work that Built America, won an American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award for Memoir. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, CNN.com, Newsweek International, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, Newsday, and Maritime Reporter and Engineering News.
Author Anna Malaika Tubbs unearthed groundbreaking material about Alberta King, Louise Little, and Berdis Baldwin -- the mothers of MLK Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin -- who've gone remarkably unrecognized despite their significant contributions to history. Tubbs shares how their stories have informed her own journey as a Black mom