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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Truman K. Gibson, Jr
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (11 video files (5 hr., 7 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Lawyer, entrepreneur and federal appointee Truman K. Gibson Jr. was born on January 22, 1912, in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Chicago in 1932 and 1935, respectively. From 1935 to 1940, he practiced law in Chicago. In 1940, Gibson became a civilian aide to Secretary of War Henry Stimson, investigating issues related to the black troops stationed overseas during World War II. Gibson was then appointed to President Harry S. Truman's Advisory Committee on Universal Military Training, which greatly influenced Truman's decision to desegregate the military, in 1946. Gibson was the first African American honored with the Medal of Merit Award for Civilians. Gibson worked closely with Joe Louis, becoming the first black boxing promoter and secretary of the International Boxing Club. In 1959, he became one of the three original directors of the Chicago-based National Boxing Enterprises. Gibson passed away on December 23, 2005 at age 93.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
Truman K. Gibson, Jr.
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Warner Saunders, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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