Truman K. Gibson papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 900
Subjects: Correspondence; Social life and customs; International Boxing Club; African American Participation; Washington (D.C.); Military service; Boxing; Racism; United States; Segregation; World War, 1939-1945; United States. War Dept.; African Americans
Description: Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers reflecting the social life of the Gibson family in Chicago, Ill.  Includes Gibson's correspondence with his wife, Isabelle Carson Gibson, written while he served as an advisor on African American affairs to the U.S. War Dept., in Washington, D.C., during World War II.  Topics include discrimination and segregation in the military, political and civic events in which Gibson was a participant, and the International Boxing Club, an organization he helped found.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Truman Gibson, Jr., 1995.

Lawyer, business executive, and boxing promoter.

Collection material in English.

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