William B. Gibbs Jr.

William B. Gibbs Jr.
Born(1905-07-26)July 26, 1905
West Chester, Pennsylvania, US
DiedDecember 27, 1984(1984-12-27) (aged 79)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Alma materCheyney University
Occupation(s)Educator, civil rights activist
Known forPlaintiff in Gibbs v. Broome (1936) civil rights case

William B. Gibbs Jr. (July 26, 1905 – December 27, 1984) was an American educator, civil rights activist, and the plaintiff in Gibbs v. Broome (1936), an influential racial discrimination case argued by future United States Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall on behalf of Gibbs and the NAACP.

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