TY - GEN AU - Gibson,Truman K. TI - Truman K. Gibson papers, KW - Gibson, Isabelle Carson KW - Gibson family. KW - International Boxing Club KW - United States KW - War Department KW - African Americans KW - Military service KW - Segregation KW - Illinois KW - Chicago KW - Social life and customs KW - Boxing KW - Racism KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Participation, African American KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Executives KW - itoamc KW - Lawyers KW - Sports promoters N1 - Open to research N2 - 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 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007119 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007119.3 ER -