Black on Black crime

I grew up during segregated times in the Black community and we had everything we needed. Being segregated allowed us to be a true Black community where we had our own schools, our own grocery stores, our own doctors, clinics, and so much more. It was a time where Black people were willing to help and support each other because we had to.

And when it came to law enforcement, we even had Black officers patrolling our com- munities. There were no White police officers in our neighborhoods. The Black officers were responsible for keeping us in line and arresting us if needed be. The Black officers were not allowed to arrest any White people and were not allowed to ride in patrol cars. Whether we liked it or not, that’s just the way it was. This scenario seems very familiar with the events that occurred in Memphis, where the five Black police officers beat Crime cont. on pg. 3

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. 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. After the death of Washington, Scott served as a special assistant to the U.S secretary of war, where he oversaw Negro Affairs at the start of World War 1. He became a bridge between Black soldiers and the War department during a time where “race relations in the military” was a topic of controversy. He also worked at Howard University where he held various positions as a secretary, business manager or treasurer.

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