Pope, Oliver R.

Oliver R. Pope of Rocky Mount, N.C., was president, 1932-1934, of the North Carolina Negro Teachers Association and a member of a commission appointed by the governor to study problems of African American schools in North Carolina in 1934.

From the description of Oliver R. Pope letters, 1933-1934 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 50280838

Oliver R. Pope of Rocky Mount, N.C., was educated at Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C.; at Columbia and Northwestern universities; and at the University of Chicago. Pope worked in the public schools of Rocky Mount, 1912-1949, and was for many years principal of Booker T. Washington High School in Rocky Mount. He was president, 1932-1934, of the North Carolina Negro Teachers Association and a member of a commission appointed by the governor to study problems of African American schools in North Carolina in 1934.

From the guide to the Oliver R. Pope Letters, 1933-1934, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)