The Scott Collection
Minnesota's Black Community in the '50s, '60s, and '70s
Published on 1. February 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-1-68134-060-9 (ISBN)
Description
A fascinating documentary look at the African American community of the mid-twentieth century, brought back into print.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68134-060-9 (9781681340609)
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Persons
Walter R. Scott Sr. was born in Mississippi in 1929 and moved to Chicago as a young boy with his family. After graduating high school, Scott moved to Minneapolis. He became a night watchman at Northwestern Bell and eventually was promoted to become the first African American to hold a personnel management position at the company. He later worked for the Metropolitan Airport Commission before retiring in 1995. Scott wrote and published The Minneapolis Beacon (1956), Minneapolis Negro Profile (1968), and Minnesota's Black Community (1976) as pictorial resumes of the black community of the Twin Cities during a pivotal time in race relations. He died in 2001.
Content
Foreword by Dr. William D. Green
Preface by Mark McCormack-Scott
Introduction by Dr. Chaunda L. Scott and Anthony R. Scott
Centennial Edition of the Minneapolis Beacon (1956)
Minneapolis Negro Profile (1968)
Minnesota's Black Community (1976)