A Mayor for All the People: Kenneth Gibson’s Newark (Live Book Talk)

Co-authors Robert C. Holmes and Richard W. Roper discuss their new book with the Newark Public Library’s Thomas Ankner.

Thursday April 16, 2020

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

When Kenneth Gibson was elected mayor of Newark 50 years ago, he became the first African American mayor of a major Northeastern city. Holmes and Roper both worked in the Gibson administration. Their book is an oral history of Gibson’s mayoralty, and an assessment of his historical significance.

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