Binding: Paperback
Description: The making of a visionary political leader and a blueprint for a more equitable country. 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. 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 C a. 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.
Title: The Deeper The Roots A Memoir Of Hope And Home
Author(s): Tubbs Michael
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250173461
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Category: Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military