Emmett Jay Scott | |
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 Photograph of Scott, featured in December 1917 issue of The Crisis[1] | |
| Born | February 13, 1873 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 1957 (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S.[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Political advisor, educator, publicist |
| Political party | Republican |
Emmett Jay Scott (February 13, 1873 – December 12, 1957) was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, academic, and government official who was Booker T. Washington's closest advisor at the Tuskegee Institute. He was responsible for maintaining Washington's nationwide "Tuskegee machine," with its close links to black business leadership, white philanthropists, and Republican politicians from the local level to the White House.
After Washington's death, Scott lost his Tuskegee connection, but moved to Washington, D.C., as Special Advisor of Black Affairs to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Scott was the highest-ranking African American in Democrat Woodrow Wilson's presidential administration.[2] After 1919, he was less and less visible in national affairs, with the NAACP largely assuming the leadership role that Booker T. Washington had dominated.
- ^ a b Pruitt, Bernadette (19 January 2007). "Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957)". BlackPast. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Dictionary of American Biography" (PDF). www.morgan.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2015.