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Harold Gibbons - St. Louis Teamster Leader and Warrior Against Jim Crow (Paperback)
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Harold Gibbons - St. Louis Teamster Leader and Warrior Against Jim Crow (Paperback)
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Harold Gibbons, the leader of St. Louis's Teamsters Union, was for
years the right-hand man of Jimmy Hoffa, the union's national boss.
A progressive himself, Gibbons fought and defeated Communists and
mobsters in his own town. He was also instrumental in ending racial
discrimination in St. Louis. On the other hand, he was forced to
watch helplessly as Hoffa forged an alliance with other mobsters
mob to use Teamster money to build-and then steal from-Las Vegas
casinos. Gibbons and Hoffa fell out in 1963 after the assassination
of John F. Kennedy. Hoffa hated the Kennedys, whereas Gibbons led
the union in mourning the president's death. In the end, of course,
Hoffa was kidnapped and murdered by the mob. Gibbons's many friends
included the singer Frank Sinatra and Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger. This book reveals for the first time the full story of
Gibbons's secret work secretly with Kissinger and Hoffa to bring an
end to the Vietnam War.
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