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Categories: United States and the Antarctic, Activists for African-American civil rights, Explorers of Antarctica, 1916 births, People from Jacksonville, Florida
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George W. Gibbs, Jr.  George W. Gibbs Jr.  George Washington Gibbs, Jr.
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George Washington Gibbs Jr., a sailor in the United States Navy, became the first African American to set foot on the continent of Antarctica on the Antarctic Peninsula as a member of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's third Antarctic expedition, also known as the United States Antarctic Service Expedition on January 14, 1940. Wikipedia
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George Washington Gibbs Jr., a sailor in the United States Navy, became the first African American to set foot on the continent of Antarctica on the Antarctic Peninsula as a member of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's third Antarctic expedition, also known as the United States Antarctic Service Expedition on January 14, 1940. Wikipedia
Sailor in the United States Navy Wikipedia Disambiguation
United States Navy First African-American in Antarctica Wikidata
IS A
homo
AWARD RECEIVED
United States Antarctic Expedition Medal
CONFLICT
World War II
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
EDUCATED AT
University of Minnesota
ETHNIC GROUP
African-American
FAMILY NAME
Gibbs
GIVEN NAME
George
MILITARY BRANCH
United States Navy
MILITARY RANK
chief petty officer
OCCUPATION
explorer
PLACE OF BIRTH
Jacksonville
PLACE OF DEATH
Rochester
SEX OR GENDER
male
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George W. Gibbs Jr.
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George W. Gibbs, Jr.
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George W. Gibbs, Jr., George Washington Gibbs, Jr.

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