May 1970 Gibbs – Green Tragedy at Jackson State University: Virtual gallery talk with Luckett and Derby May 1970 Gibbs – Green Tragedy at Jackson State University: Virtual gallery talk with Luckett and Derby Contributing Writer, Virtually Luckett and Derby discuss her photo exhibit of the Gibbs-Green shooting on the Jackson State College campus. Gibbs and Green During the spring of 1970 student protests and demonstrations were rampant throughout American campuses against racism and repression, the Vietnam War and discrimination against women and minorities in education. John R. Lynch Street was a clearway for linking west Jackson to downtown. In May white car drivers and their passengers rode through the campus of Jackson State College on Lynch Street and harassed students with racial slurs, accelerated speeds, object throwing and hit-and-runs. Students protested against these harassments.