Mason, Gilbert R. 1928-
Biographical notes:
Gilbert Mason was raised in Jackson, Mississippi. He earned a bachelor's degree from Tennessee State College in 1950 and a medical degree frm Howard University in 1954 before opening a practice in Biloxi, Mississippi. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Dr. Mason led several wade-ins to desegregate Mississippi's Gulf Coast beaches; he also participated in a lawsuit to integrate Biloxi public schools. He has held numerous local and state-level offices in the NAACP, and remains active in civic affairs.
From the description of An oral history with Gilbert R. Mason Sr., 1998. c1998. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 46322943
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Subjects:
- African American civil rights workers
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Racism
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- Biloxi (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- Mississippi--Biloxi (as recorded)
