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It was during his baseball years that Bibbs acquired the Negro
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Bibbs' commitment to education started in the classroom rather than on the sports field. As a first-generation college graduate, he was committed to helping later generations of
African-American students attend college at Indiana State as an active member of the Statonians alumni association, which
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As director of intramural athletics, Bibbs helped establish intramural sports, including basketball, volleyball and track in 1952 at
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Bibbs' early life was spent growing up in an extended household that included his great-grandmother, Lizzie Powell, a former slave who had amassed some property; his grandfather, James
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The Bibbs family, including his sister Eloise, moved to Terre Haute, when he was about 10 years old. While there, Bibbs attended Paul
Lawrence Dunbar Elementary school and lettered in track, baseball and football at the former
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While attending college, the switch hitter began his baseball career, playing with the
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On June 20, 2015, Bibbs was awarded the Coach & Educator Award by the
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reporter just call him "Rainey" since it was raining that day.
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274:Junius Alexander Bibbs
885:Detroit Stars players
678:"'Ahead of his time'"
469:Indianapolis, Indiana
128:Indianapolis, Indiana
571:"Shooting the Works"
429:Harlem Globetrotters
398:Kansas City Monarchs
317:Terre Haute, Indiana
233:Kansas City Monarchs
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550:on October 31, 2012
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309:Henderson, Kentucky
200:Slugging percentage
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439:and the legendary
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463:Posthumous honors
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313:World War I
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500:References
325:Union Army
303:Early life
105:1910-10-31
850:Seamheads
360:BS degree
329:Civil War
285:infielder
280:, was an
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282:American
278:"Rainey"
263:All-Star
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