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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramGravesite for Thomas Vann Gibbs at the Old City Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Collection
Digitized Loans Collection, N2018-14
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Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University--History.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College--History.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes.--History.
State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students (Tallahassee, Fla.)--History.
State Normal College for Colored Students (Tallahassee, Fla.)--History.
Physical Description
General Note
Note headstone reads, "In memory of Thomas Vann Gibbs Born Sept. 16, 1855 - Died Oct. 31, 1898 A founder of Florida A & M College Erected by General Alumni Association of the Florida A & M College 1951 A great teacher and friend."
Biographical Note
Thomas V. Gibbs served in the Florida House of Representatives for Duval County in 1885 and 1887. In 1885 he participated in the Florida Constitutional Convention. Gibbs was a cofounder of the State Normal College for Colored Students. Today, the school, now Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), is one of the nation's most prominent historically black schools.
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