leave for Virginia. She knew in her heart that things were not going to be trouble-free, but she was up for the challenge. When she left Albany, Georgia's police department, she had the best wishes of her superiors (2).
             When Gibson completed F.B.I. training she became the fifth African-American woman agent in F.B.I. history (McClure 3). There were thirty-two people in her class: two were African-American women, two were white females, and the rest was a mixture of Caucasian, Hispanic, and African-American males (3). The training lasted sixteen weeks (3). Once the training was complete she was assigned to the Miami, Florida office (3). When Gibson arrived at the Miami Division, she was assigned to Fugitive Matters (3). Holding that position was considered a big responsibility for a first time agent (3). Gibson was the first African-American female to be assigned to Fugitive Matters and the second women to work in the Miami Field Office (3). Gibson was mostly assigned to cases referred to as "old dog cases" (3). "Old dog cases" were difficult cases that are in the F.B.I. archives that were unsolved and had not been worked on in years (3). "I was able to solve a lot of them," Mrs. Gibson recalls (3). Gibson had an unforeseen talent in solving many of the old dog cases. She would often have two and three arrests per week, which she solved mostly by herself (3).
             Gibson worked in the Miami Office from 1976-1979 and was then sent to F.B.I. Headquarters (3). At the F.B.I. Headquarters she was promoted and given the position as Supervisor of the Financial Crimes Unit (3). Gibson held that position from 1979-1981 (3). In September of 1981, she was advanced to supervisor in the Criminal Investigation Division (3). Gibson at that time became the first African-American female agent to achieve another goal: obtain a supervisory level within the F.B.I. Headquarters (3).
             In March of 19...