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Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957

American political advisor

Emmett Jay Scott 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. (Source: Wikipedia)

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