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A Mayor for All the People: Kenneth Gibson's Newark
By Robert C. Holmes (Editor), Richard W. Roper (Editor), David Dinkins (Contribution by), Bonnie Coleman (Foreword by), Sheila Oliver (Contribution by), Fred Means (Contribution by), Barbara Kukla (Contribution by), Martin Bierbaum (Contribution by), Sharpe James (Contribution by), Ronald Rice (Contribution by), Fran Adubato (Contribution by), Sheldon Bross (Contribution by), Elizabeth Del Tufo (Contribution by), Robert Pickett (Contribution by), Marie Villani (Contribution by), Steve Adubato Jr. (Contribution by), Harold Hodes (Contribution by), William Payne (Contribution by), Grizel Ubarry (Contribution by), Deforest B. Soaries Jr. (Contribution by), Junius Williams (Contribution by), Elton Hill (Contribution by), Harold Gibson (Contribution by), Camille Savocca Gibson (Contribution by)
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By Robert C. Holmes (Editor), Richard W. Roper (Editor), David Dinkins (Contribution by), Bonnie Coleman (Foreword by), Sheila Oliver (Contribution by), Fred Means (Contribution by), Barbara Kukla (Contribution by), Martin Bierbaum (Contribution by), Sharpe James (Contribution by), Ronald Rice (Contribution by), Fran Adubato (Contribution by), Sheldon Bross (Contribution by), Elizabeth Del Tufo (Contribution by), Robert Pickett (Contribution by), Marie Villani (Contribution by), Steve Adubato Jr. (Contribution by), Harold Hodes (Contribution by), William Payne (Contribution by), Grizel Ubarry (Contribution by), Deforest B. Soaries Jr. (Contribution by), Junius Williams (Contribution by), Elton Hill (Contribution by), Harold Gibson (Contribution by), Camille Savocca Gibson (Contribution by)
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2021 winner of Edited Works category: New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
In 1970, Kenneth Gibson was elected as Newark, New Jersey’s first African-American mayor, a position he held for an impressive sixteen years. Yet even as Gibson served as a trailblazer for black politicians, he presided over a troubled time in the city’s history, as Newark’s industries declined and its crime and unemployment rates soared.
This book offers a balanced assessment of Gibson’s leadership and his legacy,...
In 1970, Kenneth Gibson was elected as Newark, New Jersey’s first African-American mayor, a position he held for an impressive sixteen years. Yet even as Gibson served as a trailblazer for black politicians, he presided over a troubled time in the city’s history, as Newark’s industries declined and its crime and unemployment rates soared.
This book offers a balanced assessment of Gibson’s leadership and his legacy,...
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