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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs was a pastor, abolitionist, and Florida’s first and only Black Secretary of State. He also helped to build the state's education system, including leadership to establish @FAMU_1887 (#FAMU #FAMUly #Rattlers #FangsUp🐍). #BlackHistoryMonth 
Born in Philadelphia in 1821, Gibbs worked as a carpenter’s apprentice before he attended Dartmouth College, the third Black man to do so. He later attended Princeton Theological Seminary to become a minister.
He became a prominent abolitionist, working with Frederick Douglass and others, writing for anti-slavery publications, and serving as Pastor for the First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. He called for equal treatment on the rail cars and accommodations.
Tonight, the #FAMUly is mourning the loss of former President Frederick S. Humphries, Sr., Ph.D. Dr. Humphries died in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, June 24, 2021. He was 85.
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Dr. Humphries had a distinguished career in higher education as the longest-serving FAMU president and president of Tennessee State University (TSU), in Nashville. Dr. Humphries, under whose leadership FAMU was named College of the Year, was a renowned scholar, charismatic...
...visionary, and innovative administrator, and admired public servant.
“We have been informed of the unfortunate passing of Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, the eighth president of Florida A&M University. The dark clouds have indeed gathered on the horizon...
“We have been informed of the unfortunate passing of Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, the eighth president of Florida A&M University. The dark clouds have indeed gathered on the horizon...
