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Title: Bessie Bruington Burke seated at a desk, 1930-1945
Alternative Title: Bessie Bruington Burke, first African American teacher and principal in Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued: [1930-1945]
1930/1945
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Bessie Bruington Burke is recognized as the first black principal of a Los Angeles public school. She attended Los Angeles State Normal School (now part of UCLA) and earned her teaching credential in 1911. Her education was paid for by the Los Angeles Forum, a political and civic organization founded by African Americans in the early 20th century.
Bessie Bruington Burke seated at a desk with an inkwell and blotter on the desk, a phone on the far left, and window with curtains behind her.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b21_f04_004.tif
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Subject: African American school principals
Burke, Bessie Bruington, 1891-1968
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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