A mayor for all the people? : reflections on the Kenneth A. Gibson era in Newark : 1970-1986 /

"Kenneth Allen Gibson, the first African American mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was born in 1931 in the town of Enterprise, Alabama. He graduated from high school in Enterprise in 1950 and joined the U.S. Army as a civil engineer. He remained in the Army until 1958. After his discharge, he took...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Holmes, Robert C., approximately 1944- (Editor), Roper, Richard W. (Editor), Coleman, Bonnie Watson (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Gibson, Kenneth A.
1900-1999
Mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography.
African American mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography.
Urban renewal > New Jersey > Newark.
Interviews > New Jersey > Newark.
Maires > New Jersey > Newark > Biographies.
Maires noirs américains > New Jersey > Newark > Biographies.
Rénovation urbaine > New Jersey > Newark.
Entretiens > New Jersey > Newark.
African American mayors.
Economic history.
Interviews.
Mayors.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Urban renewal.
Newark (N.J.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Newark (N.J.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Newark (N.J.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Newark (N.J.) > Biography.
New Jersey > Newark.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On being first
  • Navegating racial politics
  • Friends and family
  • Trying to make city government work
  • An in-depth look inside city government : Mayor Gibson's right-hand man
  • Working with the anchor institutions
  • Forces beyond a mayor's control
  • Mayor Gibson reflects
  • Conclusion : Richard W. Roper.

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