{"product_id":"a-mayor-for-all-the-people-kenneth-gibsons-newark-9780813598765","title":"A Mayor for All the People Kenneth Gibsons Newark","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers a balanced assessment of the leadership and legacy of Kenneth Gibson, Newark’s first African-American mayor, who took office at a time when the city was plagued by dying industries and soaring crime rates. Weaving together accounts by city employees, politicians, activists, journalists, and educators, it provides a compelling inside look at a city in crisis.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kenneth A. Gibson was a trailblazer who set the stage for every African-American elected official in this state as well as many places around the country...He led our city in a difficult time as Newark tried to recover from the 1967 Rebellion. He will be remembered in his effort to live up to his own words: ‘Wherever the country is going, Newark will get there first....This book brings together many reflections of people who joined him and worked with him to transform Newark. Ken Gibson is an urban American titan, and this book will place him before a greater audience, who will understand and see him in terms of the vision he had and the context he deserves.”  -- Ras J. Baraka * Mayor of Newark, New Jersey *\u003cbr\u003e\"Absolutely fascinating! \u003ci\u003eA Mayor for All the People\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fine grained, kaleidoscopic portrait of Kenneth A. Gibson as mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Elected in the first generation of black mayors of major American cities at a pivotal historical juncture, Gibson was both individual and symbol, an engineer without political experience as well as an emblematic figure caught in the era's irreconcilable hopes and conflicts. It's all here, as told by thoughtful people who were there.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   -- Nell Irvin Painter * author of Creating Black Americans: African American History and its Meanings, 1619 to the Present *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Mayor for All the People \u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinary exploration of the complex legacy of Newark’s first black mayor, Ken Gibson. Resisting the temptation of hagiography, this collection of essays examines Gibson’s achievements and his failures—the hopes invested in his election and the bitter disappointment that followed. Anyone interested in the history of Newark – and of black politics during this period – must read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   -- Eddie S. Glaude * William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003e\"The significance of Kenneth Gibson's election nearly 50 years ago as one of America's first African-American mayors of a major city continues to reverberate today. In Newark and cities like it across the country, empowering the voices of black and brown residents in electoral politics continues as a front-burner issue, epitomized by Newark's current home-grown Mayor, Ras J. Baraka, who followed in Gibson's tradition with the campaign promise that \"when I'm mayor, you're the mayor.\" Here in this masterfully produced volume, we see those voices emerge, powerfully, across time and generations, to contextualize the complexities facing Newark's first black mayor while never losing sight of the extraordinary scale of his accomplishments. In these pages resides wisdom that is not merely historical, but intensely immediate as we consider the work that remains for us to do in transforming our politics to achieve a more just society.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   -- Nancy Cantor * Chancellor, Rutgers-Newark *\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating exploration of the challenges, defeats and hard-won victories during a remarkable period in the history of Newark, New Jersey's largest city under the leadership of its first black mayor. The diverse vantage points of the essays in this thoughtfully framed volume provide a unique and rich look into the groundbreaking tenure of Kenneth A. Gibson.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   -- Obery Hendricks * former president, Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, Ohio *\u003cbr\u003e\"The years of Ken Gibson are a testament to the city’s resilience. The voices in this volume recall the good and the bad, the successes and disappointments. \u003ci\u003eA Mayor for All The People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a potent reminder that in times of crisis and disruption, the first prerequisite for recovery is for people to come together.\" -- Roger J. Cohen * LinkedIn *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface by Robert C. Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: How Should We Measure the Historical Significance of the Kenneth Gibson Era in Newark?\u003cbr\u003e Robert C. Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1          On Being First\u003cbr\u003e Mayor David Norman Dinkins\u003cbr\u003e Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver\u003cbr\u003e Mayor Patricia Sheehan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2          Navigating Racial Politics\u003cbr\u003e Fred Means\u003cbr\u003e Barbara Kukla\u003cbr\u003e Martin Bierbaum\u003cbr\u003e Mayor Sharpe James\u003cbr\u003e State Senator Ronald Rice\u003cbr\u003e Fran Adubato\u003cbr\u003e Sheldon Bross, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth “Liz” Del Tufo\u003cbr\u003e Robert “Bob” Pickett\u003cbr\u003e Marie Villani\u003cbr\u003e Steve Adubato, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e Harold Hodes\u003cbr\u003e William Payne\u003cbr\u003e Grizel Ubarry\u003cbr\u003e Rev. DeForest Soaries\u003cbr\u003e Junius Williams, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e Charles I. Auffant, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3          Friends and Family\u003cbr\u003e Elton Hill\u003cbr\u003e Harold Gibson\u003cbr\u003e Camille Savocca Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4          Trying to Make City Government Work\u003cbr\u003e Rev. James A. Scott\u003cbr\u003e Diane Johnson\u003cbr\u003e James “Jack” Krauskopf\u003cbr\u003e Dennis Cherot\u003cbr\u003e Phillip Elberg, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e Robert C. Holmes, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e Richard W. Roper\u003cbr\u003e Jerome Harris\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Massaro\u003cbr\u003e Lawrence “Larry” Hamm\u003cbr\u003e Vicki Donaldson\u003cbr\u003e Hubert Williams, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e Alan Zalkind\u003cbr\u003e Roger Lowenstein, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5          An In-Depth Look inside City Government: Mayor Gibson’s Right-Hand Man\u003cbr\u003e David Dennison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6          Working with the Anchor Institutions\u003cbr\u003e Al Koeppe\u003cbr\u003e Vincente Perez\u003cbr\u003e Richard Cammarieri\u003cbr\u003e Monsignor William Linder\u003cbr\u003e Saul Fenster\u003cbr\u003e Zachary “Zach” Yamba\u003cbr\u003e Gene Vincenti\u003cbr\u003e Frank Askin, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e George Hampton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7          Forces beyond a Mayor’s Control\u003cbr\u003e Brendan “Dan” O’Flaherty\u003cbr\u003e Jon Dubin, Esq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8          Mayor Gibson Reflects\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Gibson’s Legacy—The Man, the Time, and the Place, 1970–1986\u003cbr\u003e Richard W. Roper\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfterword by Robert S. Holmes and William M. Tiersten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038425678167,"sku":"9780813598765","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813598765.jpg?v=1750940282","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-mayor-for-all-the-people-kenneth-gibsons-newark-9780813598765","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}