February 5, 2023
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION
Vol. 28, Issue 3
African-American News&Issues
“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community”
Demetrius Haley
Tadarrius Bean
Emmett Jay Scott
Emmett Jay Scott was a pillar in the Black community and held different positions in his lifetime. He served as an author, a government official and envoy, a journalist, and a founding newspaper editor. A native-born Houstonian, and a son of former slaves, he attended school at Wiley College in 1887 and left school to explore a career in journalism and began working at the Houston Post in 1891. It was in 1894 where he started his own weekly newspaper called the Houston Freeman. Emmitt Martin III Justin Smith Desmond Mills Jr. He was a close adviser to Booker T. Washington and was elected as the secretary of the Tuskegee Institute in 1912. Scott was also part of the “Tuskegee Machine,” which consisted of people who would spread Washington’s views and had a strong influence over the Black press, schools, and churches. By: Roy Douglas Malonson After the death of Washington, Scott served as a special assistant to the U.S secretary of war, I grew up during segregated times in the Black munities. There were no White police officers where he oversaw Negro Affairs at the start community and we had everything we needed. in our neighborhoods. The Black officers were of World War 1. He became a bridge between Being segregated allowed us to be a true Black responsible for keeping us in line and arrestBlack soldiers and the War community where we had our own schools, ing us if needed be. The Black officers were not department during a time where our own grocery stores, our own doctors, clin- allowed to arrest any White people and were “race relations in the military” ics, and so much more. It was a time where not allowed to ride in patrol cars. Whether we was a topic of controversy. He Black people were willing to help and support liked it or not, that’s just the way it was. This also worked at Howard University each other because we had to. scenario seems very familiar with the events where he held various positions And when it came to law enforcement, we that occurred in Memphis, where Crime cont. as a secretary, business For more visit even had Black officers patrolling our comthe five Black police officers beat manager or treasurer. aframnews.com on pg. 3
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