Image Title:
Emmett Jay Scott
Note:
"After the election of President Woodrow Wilson, as the United States moved closer to war, Scott was appointed as Special Assistant for Negro Affairs to the Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Scott was the highest-ranking African-American in the administration. He selected William Henry Davis to serve as his own assistant and staff manager, helping to ensure blacks were treated fairly by the War Department." [Wikipedia] Learn More
Note:
Helped form the Hellfighters [Wikipedia] Learn More
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Wikipedia
Subject:
Military - World War I - The 369th Infantry Regiment - "The Harlem Hellfighters" -
Date:
December 1917?
Rights:
Public Domain
Image:
SA-MILWW-369-32
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