his daughter, Harriet Gibbs Marshall, ran the Washington Conservatory of Music there, one of the most successful female-owned businesses in the United States at the turn of the century. Gibbs died at 92 in Little Rock, Arkansas on July 11, 1915. He is buried at Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery. Legacy The M. W. Gibbs High School, was a segregated high school for African-American students, and the Gibbs Elementary School, was also originally for African-American students in Little Rock in Arkansas, both were named after him. Additionally the M. W. Gibbs Nursing Home was named in his honor, and was located at 2916 Center Street in Little Rock. In 2016, the City of Victoria declared November 19 'Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Day' in recognition of Gibbs becoming the first black person elected to public office in British Columbia. In 2019, a plaque was unveiled in his honor at Irving Park in Victoria, as well as a study room called the 'Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Study Room' in the city's public library. Publications See also California State Convention of Colored Citizens List of African-American jurists List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Arkansas References Further reading Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar. Shadow and Light: An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. McGinty, Doris E. "The Washington Conservatory of Music and School of Expression," Black perspectives in music, vol 7, no. 1, spring 1979. External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 1823 births 1915 deaths Arkansas state court judges Arkansas lawyers American bankers American diplomats Journalists from California American emigrants to pre-Confederation British Columbia African-American people in Arkansas politics Lawyers from Philadelphia Pre-Confederation British Columbia people Black Canadian politicians Victoria, British Columbia city councillors Arkansas Republicans Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas Politicians from Philadelphia Black Canadian businesspeople Canadian people of African-American descent 19th-century Canadian merchants Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) History of Black people in British Columbia 19th-century American judges 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American businesspeople Colored Conventions people African Americans in California