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Jim Tibbs
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James Oscar (Jim) Tibbs
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African Americans
Post title: Mr. Tibb’s Shoe Shine…
NOTE: Removed from Grinnell Stories blog when published in Grinnell Stories: African Americans of Early Grinnell by Kaiser, Daniel H., 1945- https://stewlib.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=grinnell+stories+early+african+americans&te=#
Date published: November 26, 2015
Link to blog post: N/A, see note
Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2015-11-26 Tibbs Shoe Shine
Summary: James Oscar (Jim) Tibbs, after serving in the U. S. Army, settled in Grinnell with his wife Mary Redrick, and their family grew to include six children. Tibbs worked a variety of jobs, including as a shoe-shine at Grinnell’s Sanitary Barber Shop where, as part of Grinnell’s small African American community in the 1920s, his white clients made discriminatory jokes at his expense. At the time this post was published, the chair was on display at Headquarters on Grinnell’s 4th Avenue. In 2020, the chair was donated to the Grinnell Historical Museum.
721 Center Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
Grooms, L. L.
Headquarters, 804 4th Avenue, Grinnell, IA, USA
Parrot, Jay
Redrick, Robert Riley
Sanitary Barber Shop, Grinnell, IA, USA
Tibbs, Amanda
Tibbs, Edward
Tibbs, Harold Daniel
Tibbs, James Oscar (Jim)
Tibbs, Janet Winona (Jeanette)
Tibbs, Mary Redrick (Mamie)
Tibbs, Roberta
Tibbs, Shirley
Tibbs, Sylvester Alfred (Albert)
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The great-granddaughter of James (Jim) Oscar Tibbs visited Grinnell March 12, 2024. Photographs of Michelle Troxclair's visit can be viewed in Digital Archives - Dan Kaiser Blogs - 2015 - Tibbs Shoe Shine - Kaiser Research - Albert Tibbs - Larry Tibbs. Additional photographs of the Tibbs family acquired during her visit have been digitized and will be added to Digital Grinnell.