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'''Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs''' (1855–1898) was a member of the [[Florida Constitution of 1885|1885 Florida Constitutional Convention]], served in the [[Florida House of Representatives]], and was a school administrator.<ref>https://books.google.com/ |
'''Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs''' (1855–1898) was a member of the [[Florida Constitution of 1885|1885 Florida Constitutional Convention]], served in the [[Florida House of Representatives]], and was a school administrator.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=DVzJAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=Thomas+Van+Renssalaer+Gibbs+state+senator#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Van%20Renssalaer%20Gibbs%20state%20senator&f=false | title=Booker T. Washington and the Struggle against White Supremacy: The Southern Educational Tours, 1908–1912| isbn=9780230615502| last1=Jackson| first1=D.| date=2008-09-29}}</ref> He was nominated to [[West Point]] by Representative [[Josiah Walls]], who was also African American.<ref>{{cite book |
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Revision as of 09:26, 13 September 2019
Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs (1855–1898) was a member of the 1885 Florida Constitutional Convention, served in the Florida House of Representatives, and was a school administrator.[1] He was nominated to West Point by Representative Josiah Walls, who was also African American.[2]
In the legislature, Gibbs and his father helped pass legislation establishing a white normal school in Gainesville, Florida and a "colored school" in Jacksonville. State Normal College for Colored Students was a predecessor of Florida A&M College and was relocated to Tallahassee where it opened in 1887 with 15 students. Gibbs served as its assistant principal and Vice President until his death in 1898.[3] The only son of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, Thomas married Alice Menard, the daughter of politician John Willis Menard who in 1868 was the first African American elected to Congress.
References
- ^ Jackson, D. (2008-09-29). Booker T. Washington and the Struggle against White Supremacy: The Southern Educational Tours, 1908–1912. ISBN 9780230615502.
- ^ Allman, T.D. (2013). Finding Florida. The True History of the Sunshine State. Atlantic Monthly Press. p. 260. ISBN 9780802120762.
- ^ Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University-About The University
- Canter Brown, Jr. Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924. Tuscaloosa and London: The University of Alabama Press, 1998.
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