Military. Learn more about veterans day through archival films, sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern, one 1 00 p. M. Pacific, here on American History tv. A panel of scholars discusses the impact of kenneth gibson, elected as new works first black mayor and the first black mayor of any northeastern city. They examine the impact this had on the broader Civil Rights Movement, and how gibson did and did not meet the expectations of voters. This is part of the association for the study of africanamerican life and historys annual conference. They provided the video. Mr. Blackmer good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for what promises to be a timely and illuminating roundtable discussion, looking back on the 50th anniversary of the struggle to elect newarks first black mayor, kenneth gibson. Elected in june 1970, since administration are to the turning point in newark and was part of a wave of black political organizing that culminated in the election of to 1974. Ors from 1967 these histo
The successful struggle to elect newarks first black mayor, kenneth gibson. Elected in june of 1970, gibsons administration marked a turning point for the black Freedom Movement in newark and was part of a National Wave a black political organizing that culminated in the election of black mayors in cities like cleveland, dairy, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. These histories feel particularly vital right now as black lives struggle against Police Violence in the wake of the murders of george floyd in minneapolis, jacob blake in kenosha, breonna taylor, as once again sounded the call for black liberation while raising familiar questions about electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago, gibsons landmark election came on the heels of the 1967 rebellion in newark, when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man named john smith sparked a fiveday uprising against White Supremacy and its an forces in blue in the jim crow north. Amidst heightened organizing around rac
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Black political organizing that culminated in the election of course black mayors like cleveland, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. They feel particularly vital right now as blackled struggles in the wake of Police Murders of george floyd in minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in louisville, and kenosha have sounded the call for black liberation while raising questions about the role of electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago gibsons landmark election came on the heels was 1967 rebellion in newark when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man, john smith, had whit supremacy and its enforcers in blue in the jim crow north. Amid heightened racist renewal projects and educational injustice, it recalled countless Police Killings that had gone unpublished into the years and brought thousands into the streets that july. State police and National Guardsmen were brought into the city to violently suppress the uprising, claiming two dozen lives in the process including ed ed
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