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A mayor for all the people : Kenneth Gibson's Newark

Title
A mayor for all the people : Kenneth Gibson's Newark / edited by Robert C. Holmes and Richard W. Roper.
Publication
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Holmes, Robert C., approximately 1944-
  • Roper, Richard W.
Description
xviii, 326 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"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 a job as a New Jersey State Highway Patrol trooper while simultaneously attending Newark College. Gibson graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1963. After college Gibson took an engineering position for the Newark Housing Authority where he oversaw urban renewal projects from 1960-1966. In 1966, he became Newark's chief structural engineer. He was also the head of Newark's Business and Industry Coordinating Council and served as vice president of the United Community Corporation, which fought poverty in Newark during that time. In 1970 Gibson ran for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey and defeated incumbent Hugh J. Addonizio, who was subsequently convicted of extortion and conspiracy charges. Gibson took over a predominantly African American city, still recovering from the race riot of 1967 which left 23 people dead. He was credited for economic revival that resuscitated the city's economy. When he first came into office, the city was in the midst of a population loss from 400,000 to 300,000. By the end of his first term, the numbers slowly began to grow again as Gibson encouraged the return of middle class residents with urban housing developments such as Society Hill."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
On being first -- Navigating 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.
Call Number
Sc E 20-290
ISBN
  • 9780813598765
  • 0813598761
LCCN
  • 2018055406
  • 40029573258
OCLC
1076412214
Title
A mayor for all the people : Kenneth Gibson's Newark / edited by Robert C. Holmes and Richard W. Roper.
Publisher
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Holmes, Robert C., approximately 1944- editor.
Roper, Richard W., editor.
Other Standard Identifier
40029573258
Research Call Number
Sc E 20-290
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