In 1970, Kenneth Gibson was elected as Newark, New Jersey's first African-American mayor, a position he held for an impressive sixteen years. 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.
In 1970, Kenneth Gibson was elected as Newark, New Jersey's first African-American mayor, a position he held for an impressive sixteen years. 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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
ROBERT C. HOLMES is a clinical professor of law at Rutgers University. He served in the Gibson administration as executive director of the Newark Housing Development and Rehabilitation Corporation, then was later named executive director of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation. He has also served as Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and as a Partner in the law firm Wilentz Goldman and Spitzer. RICHARD W. ROPER is a policy consultant whose many positions in local, state, regional, and federal government agencies also included stints as director of the Program for New Jersey Affairs and assistant dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He later served as planning department director at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and as a Senior Fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the state University of New York.
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Foreword by U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman Preface by Robert C. Holmes
Introduction: How Should We Measure the Historical Significance of the Kenneth Gibson Era in Newark? Robert C. Holmes 1 On Being First Mayor David Norman Dinkins Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver Mayor Patricia Sheehan 2 Navigating Racial Politics Fred Means Barbara Kukla Martin Bierbaum Mayor Sharpe James State Senator Ronald Rice Fran Adubato Sheldon Bross, Esq. Elizabeth "Liz" Del Tufo Robert "Bob" Pickett Marie Villani Steve Adubato, Jr. Harold Hodes William Payne Grizel Ubarry Rev. DeForest Soaries Junius Williams, Esq. Charles I. Auffant, Esq. 3 Friends and Family Elton Hill Harold Gibson Camille Savocca Gibson 4 Trying to Make City Government Work Rev. James A. Scott Diane Johnson James "Jack" Krauskopf Dennis Cherot Phillip Elberg, Esq. Robert C. Holmes, Esq. Richard W. Roper Jerome Harris Thomas Massaro Lawrence "Larry" Hamm Vicki Donaldson Hubert Williams, Esq. Alan Zalkind Roger Lowenstein, Esq. 5 An In-Depth Look inside City Government: Mayor Gibson's Right-Hand Man David Dennison 6 Working with the Anchor Institutions Al Koeppe Vincente Perez Richard Cammarieri Monsignor William Linder Saul Fenster Zachary "Zach" Yamba Gene Vincenti Frank Askin, Esq. George Hampton 7 Forces beyond a Mayor's Control Brendan "Dan" O'Flaherty Jon Dubin, Esq. 8 Mayor Gibson Reflects Conclusion: Gibson's Legacy-The Man, the Time, and the Place, 1970-1986 Richard W. Roper
Afterword by Robert S. Holmes and William M. Tiersten Notes on Contributors Index
Foreword by U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman Preface by Robert C. Holmes
Introduction: How Should We Measure the Historical Significance of the Kenneth Gibson Era in Newark? Robert C. Holmes 1 On Being First Mayor David Norman Dinkins Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver Mayor Patricia Sheehan 2 Navigating Racial Politics Fred Means Barbara Kukla Martin Bierbaum Mayor Sharpe James State Senator Ronald Rice Fran Adubato Sheldon Bross, Esq. Elizabeth "Liz" Del Tufo Robert "Bob" Pickett Marie Villani Steve Adubato, Jr. Harold Hodes William Payne Grizel Ubarry Rev. DeForest Soaries Junius Williams, Esq. Charles I. Auffant, Esq. 3 Friends and Family Elton Hill Harold Gibson Camille Savocca Gibson 4 Trying to Make City Government Work Rev. James A. Scott Diane Johnson James "Jack" Krauskopf Dennis Cherot Phillip Elberg, Esq. Robert C. Holmes, Esq. Richard W. Roper Jerome Harris Thomas Massaro Lawrence "Larry" Hamm Vicki Donaldson Hubert Williams, Esq. Alan Zalkind Roger Lowenstein, Esq. 5 An In-Depth Look inside City Government: Mayor Gibson's Right-Hand Man David Dennison 6 Working with the Anchor Institutions Al Koeppe Vincente Perez Richard Cammarieri Monsignor William Linder Saul Fenster Zachary "Zach" Yamba Gene Vincenti Frank Askin, Esq. George Hampton 7 Forces beyond a Mayor's Control Brendan "Dan" O'Flaherty Jon Dubin, Esq. 8 Mayor Gibson Reflects Conclusion: Gibson's Legacy-The Man, the Time, and the Place, 1970-1986 Richard W. Roper
Afterword by Robert S. Holmes and William M. Tiersten Notes on Contributors Index
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