Harold Gibbons: St. Louis Teamsters Leader and Warrior Against Jim Crow
Harold Gibbons: St. Louis Teamsters Leader and Warrior Against Jim Crow by Gordon Burnside
English | September 25th, 2018 | ISBN: 1476674930 | 297 Pages | EPUB | 2.80 MB
English | September 25th, 2018 | ISBN: 1476674930 | 297 Pages | EPUB | 2.80 MB
Harold Gibbons (1910–1982), leader of St. Louis Teamsters Local 688, fought and defeated Communists and mobsters and was instrumental in ending racial discrimination in the union. His many friends included Frank Sinatra and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. For a few years, he was Jimmy Hoffa’s right-hand man—the two fell out after the Kennedy assassination, which Hoffa celebrated and Gibbons mourned. Exploring his day-to-day work, the author reveals the full story of Gibbons’ secret effort with Kissinger and Hoffa to bring an end to the Vietnam War.
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