Tibbs, Vincente K. (1914-1973)

Vincente K. Tibbs was a social worker, Englewood Movement leader, and City Council president from the 4th ward. He a Democrat and was elected in 1960. He worked to help race relations between white and black residents.

Tibbs lived in Harlem and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He graduated from Shaw University with a degree in social science in 1939. He gained a master's degree from the Columbia School of Social Work in 1949.

Tibbs also served in the Navy in World War II.

Tibbs was involved with the Bureau of Community Education of the New York City Board of Education, Camp Kilmer Hob Corps., NYU's School of Education, the New Jersey Regional Durg Abuse Agency, the Social Service Federation, and the Englewood Community Center. He was a member of the Congress of Racial Equity, the NAACP, the Urban League, and the Henry Douglas Post 58. 

He married Primrose Barnwell. He had a daughter, Dana Macon.

Kuhn, John H. "Vincente Tibbs, 59, dies; councilman in Englewood." The Record, January 2, 1973.

1914?

1973-02-28

"Theater Accepts Negro In South." The Record, February 23, 1963, p.2.