A mayor for all the people [electronic resource] : Kenneth Gibson's Newark / edited by Robert C. Holmes and Richard W. Roper.

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Holmes, Robert C., approximately 1944- (Editor)
Roper, Richard W. (Editor)
Coleman, Bonnie Watson (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Gibson, Kenneth A.
Mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography.
African American mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography.
African American mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Interviews.
Urban renewal > New Jersey > Newark.
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.
Genre:
Biography.
Interviews.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
A Mayor for All the People: Kenneth Gibson's Newark
Format: Electronic eBook

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Online Access

EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)