Kenneth A. Gibson

Known for Acting

Kenneth A. Gibson's portrait

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Birthday: May 15, 1932

Deathday: March 29, 2019

Place of birth: 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.