BRYANT, SPURGEON QUINTON, 1905-1996

Biography:

Teacher, college administrator. Born– December 25, 1905, Leake County, Miss. Parents– James and Dixie (Sanders) Bryant. Married– Betsy A. Mitchell. Children– Two. Education– Alabama State University, B.S., M.Ed.; University of Northern Colorado, Ed.D. Taught in elementary and secondary schools in Alabama and served as a principal for almost twenty years; for seven years, dean of the College of Elementary Education at Alabama State University and for three years chairman of the ASU Department of Mathematics. Retired after serving ten years as the dean of the School of Education at Alabama A & M University at Normal. Died December 7, 1996.

Source:

Book jacket to Ole Nell, Momma and Me and personal interview with Clara Roberson Bryant, Huntsville.

Publication(s):

Black Leadership Fenced in by Racism. Philadelphia; Dorrance, 1974.

Ole Nell, Momma and Me. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1978.

Why I Do Not Like Bussing. New York; Vantage Press, 1973.