He fought racial discrimination in the Army in World War II as a high
level adviser in the War Department and later became a powerful pro
boxing promoter.
He sought to persuade the Army to use Black troops in combat and
investigated complaints from Black soldiers facing indignities and
sometimes violence during their training in the USA.
Graduated from the University of Chicago in 1932 and obtained a degree
from its law school in 1935.
During World War II, he worked with the federal government to end
discrimination within the U.S. Armed Forces. After the War, he became a
boxing promoter.
Truman K. Gibson, Jr. was the last surviving member of the "Black
Cabinet," of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman,
which helped with the struggle to bring civil rights to, and end
segregation in the U.S. military.
There must be an intelligent awareness of where we stand in the changes going on about us, and we must be prepared to take advantage of these changes and insist on our rights.