Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy is an strict-discipline alternative school in Detroit, MI for Youth Outside the Educational Mainstream (YOEM). It is named after Blanche Bruce

Blanche Bruce

Blanche Kelso Bruce was a U.S. politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1875 to 1881 and was the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term. Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first to ever serve in the U.S...

, the first African American to serve a full term as a United States senator.

There are several schools under the name Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy including:

• Don Bosco - DePaul Youth Treatment Center on 609 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48207
• Samaritan Center on 5555 Conner St, Detroit, MI 48213
• St Jude Center on 15255 Mayfield, Detroit, MI 48205
• Victor Center on 1200 Alter Road, Detroit, MI 48215
• Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility on 1326 St. Antoine, Detroit, MI 48226
• Wolverine Shelter on 2629 Lenox St., Detroit, MI 48201
• BKBA West at 5690 Cecil St., Detroit, MI 48210

Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy is chartered through RESA and is managed by Blair Evans of Evans Solutions.