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Harold Gibbons : St. Louis Teamster leader and warrior against Jim Crow / Gordon Burnside.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burnside, Gordon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gibbons, Harold J., 1910-1982.
- Gibbons, Harold J.
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America--Biography.
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
- Labor leaders--United States--Biography.
- Labor leaders.
- Labor unions--United States--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Labor unions.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (298 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "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. 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"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: a word or two about Gibbons
- Young Gibbons
- St. Louis' warehousemen
- Gibbons gets his way
- Reds and trots
- Kavner, Saffo, race relations
- Bernice Fisher and "Cab" Calloway
- The Teamsters
- Varieties of political experience
- Mobsters move in
- Gibbons' revenge
- Gibbons a racketeer?
- Hoffa
- Joe Costello and the Wildcat
- "Vertical improvement"
- Gibbons goes to Washington
- The split
- Hoffa sets a trap
- Gibbons relaxes
- Calloway for Congress
- "This stupid war"
- The fall
- Out to grass.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3366-5
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