Stockton on My Mind

As a child growing up in Stockton, California, Michael Tubbs felt he was "set up" for either prison or death--instead, he forged another path, one that would "upset the setup." At age 26, on the same day Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Michael Tubbs became the first African American mayor of his beleaguered hometown, as well as the youngest mayor of a major American city. Tubbs draws on his experience growing up amid poverty and violence to create innovative change in his beleaguered hometown.