According to Richard Carlton Haney in his book Canceled Due to Racism, the impetus for Gibbs's bill was probably the preceding Sugar Bowl game in New Orleans in January 1956, when the University of Pittsburgh brought a black fullback, Bobby Grier, for the game with Georgia Tech of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Gibbs was first married to the former Bobbie Regina Hibbard (October 22, 1921–June 30, 1969), a native of Jacksonville in Cherokee County, Texas, the daughter of L. Jackson Hibbard and the former Lora Lexie Palmore.
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