John Edward Bruce
Historian, Author
1856 – 1924
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Who was John Edward Bruce?
John Edward Bruce, also known as Bruce Grit or J. E. Bruce-Grit, born a slave in Maryland, United States, became a journalist, historian, writer, orator, civil rights activist and Pan-African nationalist. He founded newspapers in Washington, DC and Norfolk, Virginia, as well as co-founding the Negro Society for Historical Research in New York.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1856
Piscataway - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Howard University
- Lived in
- Maryland
- Yonkers
- Washington, D.C.
- New York
- Died
- Aug 7, 1924
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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