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

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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Other Authors:	Holmes, Robert C., approximately 1944- (Editor), Roper, Richard W. (Editor), Coleman, Bonnie Watson (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Gibson, Kenneth A. Mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography. Newark (N.J.) > Politics and government > 20th century. African American mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography. Newark (N.J.) > Economic conditions > 20th century. Newark (N.J.) > Social conditions > 20th century. Urban renewal > New Jersey > Newark. Interviews > New Jersey > Newark. Newark (N.J.) > Biography.

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