Contact Sheet Print of Portraits of Dr. James F. Scott
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Dr. James Forrest Scott, who is considered the first elected black county coroner in the United States, worked with the Portsmouth Chapter of the NAACP helped plan the “wade-in” at the Terrace Club Swimming Pool, which led to the end of Jim Crow in Portsmouth.
This file appears in: Dr. James F. Scott, the First Elected Black County Coroner in the United States
Dr. James F. Scott, the First Elected Black County Coroner in the United States
James Forrest Scott was born in Porter, Ohio located in Gallia County, on 29 July 1903. He graduated from Bidwell Porter High School in 1921. Despite being the only black member of his class, he was…