Abstract
Louis Gleason attended the only Catholic Church (and the affiliated school) in Cleveland that welcomed people of any race. He attended John Carroll University before serving in the U.S. Air Force during the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War, returning to school, and finally working 24 years for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland until his retirement in 1995. He discusses how the Air Force recruiter assumed he was white because of his light skin. He discusses his experience of racism in the service in spite of Truman's desegregation of the armed forces. Gleason recounts his experiences in the Civil Rights movement, including seeing Martin Luther King Jr. speak on two separate occasions – once in Cleveland and once in Washington D.C., where he participated in a march for rights.
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Interviewee
Gleason, Louis (Interviewee)
Interviewer
Malone, Carol (Interviewer)
Project
Cedar Central
Date
2-25-2013
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
53 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Louis Gleason Interview, 25 February 2013" (2013). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 131005.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/596
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