Gloster B. Current
Gloster B. Current (1913 – July 3, 1997) was deputy executive director of the
Civil Rights Movement. It was a period of major expansion and activism for the NAACP. He also wrote a book, was an accomplished jazz musician, and was an ordained Methodist minister.[1] His first wife was Leontine Turpeau, also a minister; they had three children but later divorced. At the time of his death, he lived in Hollis, Queens, with his wife second wife Rebecca Busch Current.[2]
Current came to New York City from
Walter Francis White.[1] Cecilia Suyat Marshall was his private secretary at the NAACP. His papers were given to Wayne State University.[3]
He died on July 3, 1997, of leukemia and pneumonia.[4]
Roscoe Lee Browne portrayed Current in For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983), a film about Medgar Evers. Current claimed to have been the last person to speak with Evers.[5]
References
- ^ a b Lawrence Van Gelder (9 July 1997). "Gloster B. Current, 84, Leader Who Helped Steer N.A.A.C.P.". The New York Times. p. B11. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Current, Gloster B. (1913-1997)". blackpast.org. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Collection: Gloster Current Papers | ArchivesSpace@Wayne". as.reuther.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ "Gloster B. Current". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ISBN 978-1-61703-744-3.
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