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02889aam a2200457 i 4500 001 2D80BF262E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190212010150 008 180825s2018 ncua b 001 0beng c 010 $a 2018038328 020 $a 1476674930 020 $a 9781476674933 035 $a (OCoLC)1054896126 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d STF $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD6509.G53 $b B87 2018 100 1 $a Burnside, Gordon, $e author. 245 10 $a Harold Gibbons : $b St. Louis Teamsters leader and warrior against Jim Crow / $c Gordon Burnside. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2018] 300 $a viii, 289 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-282) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a Gibbons, Harold J., $d 1910-1982. 610 20 $a International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America $v Biography. 600 17 $a Gibbons, Harold J., $d 1910-1982. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00329549 610 27 $a International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533114 650 0 $a Labor unions $z United States $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Labor leaders $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Civil rights workers $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Civil rights workers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862721 650 7 $a Labor leaders. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00990029 650 7 $a Labor unions $x Officials and employees. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00990289 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017023827.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2D80BF262E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search