A Mayor for All the People: Kenneth Gibson's Newark

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Titel: A Mayor for All the People : Kenneth Gibson's Newark

Enthält: Frontmatter
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION How should we measure the historical significance of the Kenneth Gibson era in new ark?
Chapter 1 ON BEING FIRST
Chapter 2 NAVIGATING RACIAL POLITICS
Chapter 3 FRIENDS AND FAMILY
Chapter 4 TRYING TO MAKE CITY GOVERNMENT WORK
Chapter 5 AN IN-DEPTH LOOK INSIDE CITY GOVERNMENT
Chapter 6 WORKING WITH THE ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 7 FORCES BEYOND CONTROL
Chapter 8 MAYOR GIBSON REFLECTS
Conclusion GIBSON’S LEGACY the man, the time, and the place, 1970–1986
AFTERWORD
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX

Beteiligte: Adubato, Fran [Mitwirkende:r]; Adubato, Steve [Mitwirkende:r]; Bierbaum, Martin [Mitwirkende:r]; Bross, Sheldon [Mitwirkende:r]; Coleman, Bonnie [Mitwirkende:r]; Dinkins, David [Mitwirkende:r]; Gibson, Camille Savocca [Mitwirkende:r]; Gibson, Harold [Mitwirkende:r]; Hill, Elton [Mitwirkende:r]; Hodes, Harold [Mitwirkende:r]; Holmes, Robert C. [Mitwirkende:r]; Holmes, Robert C. [Herausgeber:in]; James, Sharpe [Mitwirkende:r]; Kukla, Barbara [Mitwirkende:r]; Means, Fred [Mitwirkende:r]; Oliver, Sheila [Mitwirkende:r]; Payne, William [Mitwirkende:r]; Pickett, Robert [Mitwirkende:r]; Rice, Ronald [Mitwirkende:r]; Roper, Richard W. [Mitwirkende:r]; Roper, Richard W. [Herausgeber:in]; Soaries, Deforest B. [Mitwirkende:r]; Tufo, Elizabeth Del [Mitwirkende:r]; Ubarry, Grizel [Mitwirkende:r]; Villani, Marie [Mitwirkende:r]; Williams, Junius [Mitwirkende:r]

Erschienen: New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, [2019]

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (354 p.); 15 B-W photographs

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.36019/9780813598802

ISBN: 9780813598802

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Schlagwörter: African American mayors New Jersey Newark Biography ; Interviewing in journalism New Jersey Newark ; Interviews New Jersey Newark ; Mayors New Jersey Newark Biography ; Urban renewal New Jersey Newark ; HISTORY / General ; Mayor, 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

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Anmerkungen: In English

Beschreibung: In 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?

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