George C. Scurlock (died September 30, 1937)[1] was a businessman, lawyer and civic leader in North Carolina.
He and his family lived in Fayetteville. He was a Republican[2] candidate for a congressional seat representing North Carolina in 1890[3] but lost to Democrat Benjamin F. Grady.[4] In 1900 he moved to Washington, D.C. where he taught at Howard University and practiced as an attorney.[5][6]
Washington D.C. photographer Addison Scurlock[5] and Chemist Herbert Clay Scurlock were his sons.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "George C. Sculock obituary". Evening star. 1937-10-03. p. 18. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ Beckel, Deborah (December 8, 2010). Radical Reform: Interracial Politics in Post-Emancipation North Carolina. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813930527 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kenzer, Robert C. (1997). Enterprising Southerners: Black Economic Success in North Carolina, 1865-1915. University of Virginia Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8139-1733-7.
- ^ Justesen, Benjamin R. (2012-07-02). George Henry White: An Even Chance in the Race of Life. LSU Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-8071-4477-0.
- ^ a b Piper, W. Brian (2016). ""To Develop Our Business": Addison Scurlock, Photography, and the National Negro Business League, 1900–1920". The Journal of African American History. 101 (4): 436–468. doi:10.5323/jafriamerhist.101.4.0436. JSTOR 10.5323/jafriamerhist.101.4.0436. S2CID 151491467.
- ^ "Nation's Capital". The Advocate. 1912-10-17. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-11-09.