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- Kenneth Allen Gibson (May 15, 1932 – March 29, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who was the 36th mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1970 to 1986. He was the first African American mayor of a major city in the Northeastern United States.
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Kenneth Allen Gibson (May 15, 1932 – March 29, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who was the 36th mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1970 to 1986. He was the first African American mayor of a major city in the Northeastern United States .
Mar 31, 2019 · NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Ken Gibson, who became the first black mayor of a major Northeast city when he ascended to power in riot-torn Newark almost five decades ago, has died.
Mar 29, 2019 · Kenneth A. Gibson, who became the first African American to serve as mayor of a major northeastern city when he ousted two-term Newark mayor Hugh Addonizio in 1970, died today. He was 86.
Mar 31, 2019 · Kenneth A. Gibson, who became the first black mayor of a major Northeastern city when Newark voters, still recovering from racial rioting three years earlier, elected him in 1970 to the first...
Mar 29, 2019 · Newark’s first African American Mayor Ken Gibson died today. He was 86. A legendary political figure in Newark who emerged as a gentle and unifying force in the aftermath of the city’s worst, most racially divisive period, Mr. Gibson became mayor of Brick City in 1970, defeating Hugh Addonizio.
Mar 29, 2019 · Ken Gibson, Newark’s first black mayor, elected in the wake of the city’s turbulent riots, died Friday. He was 86. Propelled to leadership after the Newark riots tore at the city in 1967,...
Apr 2, 2019 · NEWARK, NJ — Newark community members will get a chance to pay their respects to one of the first African-American mayors in the northeast, Kenneth Gibson, who passed away at the age of 86 on...
