H. Lawrence Gibbs
| Henry Lawrence Gibbs, Jr. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for Ouachita Parish (now District 16) |
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In office 1952–1976 |
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| Preceded by | Shady R. Wall |
| Succeeded by | Jimmy Dimos |
| Louisiana State Senator for District 34 (Ouachita Parish) | |
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In office 1976–1980 |
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| Preceded by | William Denis Brown, III (two members) |
| Succeeded by | Lawson Swearingen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1919 |
| Died | April 10, 1993 (aged 74) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Bobbie Regina Hibbard Gibbs (died 1969) |
| Children |
Kenneth L. Gibbs |
| Residence | Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, U.S. |
| As a freshman legislator in 1956, Gibbs successfully passed a law forbidding racial integration at athletic events in Louisiana. The law led to cancellation of a football game contract between Louisiana State University and the University of Wisconsin. | |
(1) Bobbie Regina Hibbard Gibbs (died 1969)
Kenneth L. Gibbs
Henry Lawrence Gibbs, Jr., known as H. Lawrence Gibbs (March 7, 1919 – April 10, 1993), was a Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, having served in Ouachita Parish from 1956 to 1980. He was a state representative from now District 16 from 1956 to 1976, when he entered the Louisiana State Senate from District 34 for a final four-year term of legislative service.
Gibbs was first married to the former Bobbie Regina Hibbard (October 22, 1921 – June 30, 1969), a native of Jacksonville in Cherokee County in east Texas, the daughter of L. Jackson Hibbard and the former Lora Lexie Palmore. The couple had four sons, Lawrence Gibbs III(born 1952)Kenneth L Gibbs (Born 1955) Bobby K. Gibbs (Born 1956) and Gary Dean Gibbs (born 1957) After Bobbie's death, Gibbs remarried. The second wife is Dorothy K. Gibbs (also born 1921) of Monroe.
In July 1956, Representative Gibbs sponsored legislation that would "outlaw social events and athletic contests including both Negroes and whites." The House approved the bill, 71-0, with 34 members missing, and the state Senate also passed the bill unanimously. It was then signed into law by Governor Earl Kemp Long, who had returned for his third and final term in office. The law became a public issue when Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge forfeited a boxing match for Malcolm E. Buhler (born 1935) of Baton Rouge against the black fighter Orville Pitts of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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