The Deeper the Roots by Michael Tubbs

The Deeper the Roots by Michael Tubbs

Insightful, emotional, and enraging. By sharing his story in gripping detail, Michael Tubbs embodies an old feminist tradition whereby the personal is political. He empowers us to fight for equal opportunities for our communities, and encourages us to amass the courage to overcome loss and injustice. --Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from
the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist

The making of a visionary political leader--and a blueprint for a more equitable country

Don't tell nobody our business, Michael Tubbs's mother often told him growing up. For Michael, that meant a lot of things: don't tell anyone about the day-to-day struggle of being Black and broke in Stockton, CA. Don't tell anyone the pain of having a father incarcerated for 25 years to life. Don't tell anyone about living two lives, the brainy bookworm and the kid with the newest Jordans. And also don't tell anyone about the particular joys of growing up with three moms--a Nana who never let him miss church, an Auntie who'd take him to the library any time, and a mother, She-Daddy, who schooled him in the wisdom of hip-hop and taught him never to take no for an answer.

So for a long time Michael didn't tell anyone his story, but as he went on to a scholarship at Stanford and an internship in the Obama White House, he began to realize the power of his experience, the need for his perspective in the halls of power. By the time he returned to Stockton to become, in 2016 at age 26, its first Black mayor and the youngest-ever mayor of a major American city, he knew his story meant something.

The Deeper the Roots is a memoir astonishing in its candor, voice, and clarity of vision. Tubbs shares with us the city that raised him, his family of badass women, his life-changing encounters with Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama, the challenges of governing in the 21st century and everything in between--en route to unveiling his compelling vision for America rooted in his experiences in his hometown.

Tubbs, Michael: - Michael Tubbs served as the seventy-ninth mayor of Stockton, CA, his hometown. He was the city's first Black mayor and the youngest ever mayor of a major American city. He is the founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and EPIC (Ending Poverty in California), a Special Advisor to California Governor Newsom on Economic Mobility, and a commentator for MSNBC. Tubbs has been a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, The MIT Media Lab, and the Stanford Design School. He has also served as a Stockton city councilmember and a high school educator. He lives with his partner, Anna Malakai Tubbs, and their children.

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ISBN 13	9781250173447
ISBN 10	1250173442
Title	The Deeper the Roots
Author	Michael Tubbs
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	St Martin's Press
Year published	2021-11-16
Number of pages	272
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