Book you are looking for and support independent booksellers across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. You probably recognize the voices of both of our guest tonight. Our host is laura singular. She has been a producer with npr in washington d. C. International npr reported covering the midwest. Currently, she is producer and Community Engagement report a kansas citys npr. Thank you for joining us tonight. You are welcome. Good to be here. Im jumping in and i guess. Im delighted to be here and introduce you to pam fessler, whos a Award Winning journalist at npr. She has covered poverty and election issues, voter issues, for many years. Now, in the tradition of npr journalists who you recognize as excellent storytellers, podcast and online. She has proven the ability to translate that ability to tell stories on the radio. The platform of the printed word. Of course her new book is called carvilles cure. I have the opportunity to talk to you. Thanks so much. The one
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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
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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