JOHN EDWARD BRUCE


John Edward Bruce
John Edward Bruce
  • Born: February 22, 1856
  • Died: August 7, 1924
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist, Historian, Writer, Orator

John Edward Bruce, also known as Bruce Grit or J. E. Bruce-Grit, was an American journalist, historian, writer, orator, civil rights activist and Pan-African nationalist. He was born a slave in Maryland; as an adult, he founded numerous newspapers along the East Coast, as well as co-founding (with Arthur Alfonso Schomburg) the Negro Society for Historical Research in New York.