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Kenneth A. Gibson
Acting
15 May 1932
† 29 Mar 2019
Enterprise, Alabama, USA
Biography
Kenneth Allen Gibson 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.
Also Known As
Kenneth Gibson, Ken Gibson, Mayor Ken Gibson

