Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr.
Physician, Activist, Citizen
Select Honors and Media
The History Makers, November 2002
-an account by Dr. Mason of his life via interview-
WLOX-TV, May 2009
Remembering The Biloxi Wade-Ins
Smithsonian Magazine, April 2010
"A Civil Rights Watershed in Biloxi, Mississippi"
-a brief account of the planning and execution of the Biloxi Wade-Ins-
Mississippi Moments, June 2013
Dr. Gilbert Mason, Sr: In Memory of Medgar
-a podcast giving an oral history of Dr. Mason and Mr. Evers' working relationship-
Time Magazine, June 2017
"Remembering the 'Overshadowed' Civil Rights Protest That Desegregated Gulf Coast Beaches"
City Lab, June 21, 2017
Remembering Beaches as Battlegrounds for Civil Rights
The Sun Herald, April 21, 2017
'They pulled the brass knuckles out' at historic Civil Rights protest
Selected Awards
Diplomate, American Academy of Family Physicians
Recipient, Alpha Kappa Alpha's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dreamers Award
Brother of the Year, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Silver Beaver Award and Silver Buffalo Award, Boy Scouts of America
