Emmett Jay Scott (February 13, 1873 – December 12, 1957) was a journalist, founding newspaper editor, government official and envoy, educator, and author. He was Booker T. Washington's closest adviser at the Tuskegee Institute and was Special Adviser of Black Affairs to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. He traveled to Liberia for the U.S. Scott was the highest-ranking African-American in President Woodrow Wilson's administration.
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13 February 1873
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Died |
12 December 1957 (aged 84)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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