Dr. Emmett J. Scott and his Office Corps

Dr. Emmett J. Scott and his Office Corps

Dr. Emmett J. Scott Scott, Booker T. Washington, personal secretary, speech writer, ghostwriter, President Woodrow Wilson, Newton Baker

This photograph is of Dr. Emmett J. Scott surrounded by his Office Corps. Left to Right - William H. Davis, Ernestine B. English, Dr. Scott, Madeline P. Childs, Richard W. Thompson, Joseph H. Nelson, J. Bernard Smith, and Charles L. Webb. During World War II, Scott worked for the Sun Shipbuilding Company of Chester, Pennsylvania, and helped the company create Yard No. 4 for black laborers.

WCU, HIS 601/HON 452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

c. 1914-1918

Suzanne Irvin and Drew Blumenthal

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