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Books by Sheldon Bross
  | | A Mayor for All the People Kenneth Gibson's Newark by Robert C. Holmes, Richard W. Roper, Bonnie Coleman, David Dinkins, Sheila Oliver, Fred Means, Barbara Kukla, Martin Bierbaum, Sharpe James, Ronald Rice, Fran Adubato, Sheldon Bross, Elizabeth Del Tufo, Robert Pickett, Marie Villani, Steve Adubato, Harold Hodes, William Payne, Grizel Ubarry, Deforest B. Soaries, Junius Williams, Elton Hill, Harold Gibson, Camille Savocca Gibson, Rutgers University Press Hardcover, 354 Pages, Published 2019 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-9876-5, ISBN: 0-8135-9876-1 "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 perspectiv ..." |
 | | A Mayor for All the People Kenneth Gibson's Newark by Robert C. Holmes, Richard W. Roper, Bonnie Coleman, David Dinkins, Sheila Oliver, Fred Means, Barbara Kukla, Martin Bierbaum, Sharpe James, Ronald Rice, Fran Adubato, Sheldon Bross, Elizabeth Del Tufo, Robert Pickett, Marie Villani, Steve Adubato, Harold Hodes, William Payne, Grizel Ubarry, Deforest B. Soaries, Junius Williams, Elton Hill, Harold Gibson, Camille Savocca Gibson Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2019 by Rutgers University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8135-9877-2, ISBN: 0-8135-9877-X "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 perspectiv ..." |