Illinois HR 615: MEMORIAL-ERNEST E. GIBSON

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HR0615LRB104 17765 ECR 31197 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Ernest 

4Earl Gibson, Ph.D.; and

5 WHEREAS, Dr. Gibson, the son of Japhus and Evelyn Gibson, 

6was born in Dania, Florida on August 16, 1928; after his 

7parents' death, he was adopted by his cousins, Reginald and 

8Evelyn Robinson; he attended the Bordentown School in 

9Bordentown, New Jersey; he served in the United States Army 

10during the Korean Conflict; he received a degree in hotel and 

11restaurant management and institutional food service from the 

12Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University, where he 

13was initiated into the Gamma Phi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha 

14Fraternity, Inc.; he later received a master's degree and a 

15doctorate degree from Northern Illinois University; he married 

16Carolyn Jean Boddie; and

17 WHEREAS, Dr. Gibson, along with his wife, opened the A.G. 

18Gaston Motel and Restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963; 

19his business became one of many Green Book locations across 

20the South that provided Black people with safe dining and 

21lodging during segregation, and it also became the 

22headquarters and center of activity for the Birmingham civil 

23rights crusade; his establishment hosted leaders, including 

HR0615- 2 -LRB104 17765 ECR 31197 r

1Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Andrew Young, Rev. Wyatt Tee 

2Walker, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and others, as they planned 

3demonstrations, such as the March on Washington, and fought to 

4desegregate public facilities in Birmingham and to gain equal 

5rights for Black Americans; and

6 WHEREAS, Dr. Gibson was the director of Food Services and 

7the Student Unio