{"product_id":"emmett-j-scott-maceo-c-dailey-9781682831236","title":"Emmett J. Scott: Power Broker of the Tuskegee Machine","description":"Reared in Houston (Freedmen's Town), Texas, Emmett J. Scott was a journalist, newspaper editor, government official, author, and chief of staff, adviser, and ghostwriter to Booker T. Washington. Called \"the power broker of the Tuskegee Machine,\" Scott was a Renaissance man, scholar, and political fixer. However, his life has not received a full examination until now.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt upon fifty years of research, Maceo C. Dailey's \u003ci\u003eEmmett J. Scott\u003c\/i\u003e offers fascinating detail by describing Scott's role in promoting the Tuskegee Institute. Before his 2015 death, Dailey had nearly singular access to the Scott papers at Morgan State University, which have been officially closed for decades. Readers will finally be exposed to Scott's behind-the-scenes contributions to racial uplift and will see his influential role in advancing not only the Tuskegee Institute but also the Booker T. Washington agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditors Will Guzm疣 and David H. Jackson Jr. lend their own expertise in bringing Dailey's lifetime project to fruition. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis, a close friend of Dailey's, provides a timely foreword. Former Black Panther Party chairwoman Elaine Brown, Scott's granddaughter, reflects on his impact and her relationship with the Scott family in the afterword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken together, this work of biography is an impressive reference and an essential endeavor of recovery, one that restores to prominence the life and legacy of Emmett J. Scott.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maceo C. Dailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168283123X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682831236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.42d","brand":"Maceo C. Dailey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990437495039,"sku":"9781682831236","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_970ecff0-41ed-444b-bb61-eea49bf4ac12.jpg?v=1683304666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emmett-j-scott-maceo-c-dailey-9781682831236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}