Bruce, Roscoe Conkling, 1879-1950
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Assistant superintendent of public schools, Washington, D.C.
From the description of Roscoe Conkling Bruce papers, 1897-1924. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 761697471
Sources: Marquis' Who's Who in America, 1919 The Afro-American, August 26, 1950 (obituary).
After retirement in 1922, Bruce served as principal of a high school in West Virginia, as manager of the Dunbar Apartments in New York City, and engaged in various Real Estate activities.
His specific contribution to public education in Washington lay in setting the foundation for the school system as organized under the Act of 1906. Until that time, there was a Board of Education for white schools and another for Negro schools, with a separate Superintendent heading each.
From the guide to the Roscoe C. Bruce, Sr. Papers, 1897-1924, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)
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Subjects:
- African American senators
- Universities and colleges
- Dunbar Apartments (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
- Housing
- Real property
- Public schools
- Senators, U.S. Congress
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- African American school superintendents
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- New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
