[2] He attended Catholic high school, at the Sisters’ Institute (later known as St. Peter’s Academy), and graduated at age 17 in 1928.
[2] While attending college, he worked under noted Black printmaker Bernie Haynes Robynson; whom he met through sculptor and teacher, Augusta Savage.
[2] Thibodeaux attended classes at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, and in 1932 earned a diploma in freehand drawing.
[2] After moving to New York City, he lived at the Harlem YMCA at 180 West 135th Street, and worked as a page for WOR, an independent radio station.
[2] Thibodeaux's photograph collection is held at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at UT Austin.