
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
May 15, 1932
Died
March 29, 2019 (age 86)
Place of Birth
Enterprise, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
Kenneth Gibson
Ken Gibson
Mayor Ken Gibson
Kenneth A. Gibson
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.
