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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
245 0 2 _aA Mayor for All the People :
_bKenneth Gibson's Newark /
_ced. by Robert C. Holmes, Richard W. Roper.
264 1 _aNew Brunswick, NJ :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2020
300 _a1 online resource (354 p.) :
_b15 B-W photographs
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tFOREWORD --
_tPREFACE --
_tINTRODUCTION How should we measure the historical significance of the Kenneth Gibson era in new ark? --
_tChapter 1 ON BEING FIRST --
_tChapter 2 NAVIGATING RACIAL POLITICS --
_tChapter 3 FRIENDS AND FAMILY --
_tChapter 4 TRYING TO MAKE CITY GOVERNMENT WORK --
_tChapter 5 AN IN-DEPTH LOOK INSIDE CITY GOVERNMENT --
_tChapter 6 WORKING WITH THE ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS --
_tChapter 7 FORCES BEYOND CONTROL --
_tChapter 8 MAYOR GIBSON REFLECTS --
_tConclusion GIBSON’S LEGACY the man, the time, and the place, 1970–1986 --
_tAFTERWORD --
_tNOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aIn 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, from the perspectives of the people most deeply immersed in 1970s and 1980s Newark politics: city employees, politicians, activists, journalists, educators, and even fellow big-city mayors like David Dinkins. The contributors include many of Gibson’s harshest critics, as well as some of his closest supporters, friends, and family members—culminating in an exclusive interview with Gibson himself, reflecting on his time in office. Together, these accounts provide readers with a compelling inside look at a city in crisis, a city that had been rocked by riots three years before Gibson took office and one that Harper’s magazine named “America’s worst city” at the start of his second term. At its heart, it raises a question that is still relevant today: how should we evaluate a leader who faced major structural and economic challenges, but never delivered all the hope and change he promised voters?
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650 0 _aAfrican American mayors
_zNew Jersey
_zNewark
_vBiography.
650 0 _aInterviewing in journalism
_zNew Jersey
_zNewark.
650 0 _aInterviews
_zNew Jersey
_zNewark.
650 0 _aMayors
_zNew Jersey
_zNewark
_vBiography.
650 0 _aUrban renewal
_zNew Jersey
_zNewark.
650 7 _aHISTORY / General.
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653 _aMayor, for the people, Newark, Kenneth Gibson, New Jersey, New Jersey, first African-American mayor of Newark, city in crisis, 1970s, black politicians, history of Newark, New Jersey history, United States, American history, leadership, 1980s, Newark politics, David Dinkins, 1967 Newark riots, Newark Rebellion, structural challenges, economic challenges, the Gibson Years, the Gibson Legacy, City of Newark 1970-1986, Americans cities, African American history, Civil Rights Movement.
700 1 _aAdubato, Fran
_eautore
700 1 _aAdubato, Steve
_eautore
700 1 _aBierbaum, Martin
_eautore
700 1 _aBross, Sheldon
_eautore
700 1 _aColeman, Bonnie
_eautore
700 1 _aDinkins, David
_eautore
700 1 _aGibson, Camille Savocca
_eautore
700 1 _aGibson, Harold
_eautore
700 1 _aHill, Elton
_eautore
700 1 _aHodes, Harold
_eautore
700 1 _aHolmes, Robert C.
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aJames, Sharpe
_eautore
700 1 _aKukla, Barbara
_eautore
700 1 _aMeans, Fred
_eautore
700 1 _aOliver, Sheila
_eautore
700 1 _aPayne, William
_eautore
700 1 _aPickett, Robert
_eautore
700 1 _aRice, Ronald
_eautore
700 1 _aRoper, Richard W.
_eautore
_ecuratore
700 1 _aSoaries, Deforest B.
_eautore
700 1 _aTufo, Elizabeth Del
_eautore
700 1 _aUbarry, Grizel
_eautore
700 1 _aVillani, Marie
_eautore
700 1 _aWilliams, Junius
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.36019/9780813598802
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813598802
856 4 2 _3Cover
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