{"product_id":"a-mayor-for-all-the-robert-c-holmes-9780813598765","title":"A Mayor for All the People: Kenneth Gibson's Newark","description":"\u003cb\u003e 2021 winner of Edited Works category: New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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: city employees, politicians, activists, journalists, educators, and even fellow big-city mayors like David Dinkins. The contributors include many of Gibson's harshest critics, as well as some of his closest supporters, friends, and family members--culminating in an exclusive interview with Gibson himself, reflecting on his time in office. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, these accounts provide readers with a compelling inside look at a city in crisis, a city that had been rocked by riots three years before Gibson took office and one that \u003ci\u003eHarper's \u003c\/i\u003emagazine named \"America's worst city\" at the start of his second term. At its heart, it raises a question that is still relevant today: how should we evaluate a leader who faced major structural and economic challenges, but never delivered all the hope and change he promised voters? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert C. Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813598761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813598765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Robert C. Holmes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50663770849535,"sku":"9780813598765","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-mayor-for-all-the-robert-c-holmes-9780813598765","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}