Thomas J. Hibbs and family papers. 1921-1996.

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Thomas J. Hibbs and family papers. 1921-1996.

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Personal papers related to the life and volunteer work of Thomas J. Hibbs, Jr., a prominent figure in the Minneapolis African American community, and his mother, Florence Davis Hibbs Daniels, a singer and minister in Chicago and Minneapolis.

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Daniels, Florence Hibbs, 1896-1976.

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Hibbs, Thomas J., 1919-1996.

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Thomas J. Hibbs, Jr. was born October 7th, 1919 in Alexandria, Minnesota. Hibbs and his father, Thomas Hibbs, Sr. and his mother, Florence Davis Hibbs, were one of only two black families in Alexandria at that time. Thomas Sr. made his living as a caretaker for a Catholic church building and ran a shoe shine parlor. The family moved to St. Cloud in the 1920s, when Thomas Sr. was asked to take over the care of some church buildings there. Thomas Jr. attended grade school in Alexandri...