Private Bruce Garnett Wright

Private Bruce Garnett Wright, 1896-1963

Private Bruce Garnett Wright, 1896-1963

Bruce Wright was orphaned at age eleven and came to Cambridge to live with his aunt Gertrude Wright Morgan and her husband, Clement Morgan. He grew up surrounded by the era’s leading Black activists and intellectuals, who took great delight at his violin performances during their get-togethers. Bruce married Lovey Harvey, and they raised three daughters in Cambridge: Nadine Reddick, Lovette Spencer, and Gladys McGuire. He died at the Jamaica Plain Veterans Hospital from a cancer that may have resulted from his being gassed in the trenches in France while fighting for his country. Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day was a solemn occasion to him. 

  • Attended Rindge Tech 
  • A founder of the Isaac Wilson Taylor VFW Post
  • Author of the only published World War I diary written by a Black soldier
  • Worked at the Kendall Square Post Office for 30 years