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In some ways, the story of the Minnesota Black Community Project is a tale of two men named Walter Scott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Walter Scott is someone you likely read about in the news. He was an unarmed Black motorist killed in 2015 by a white police officer in Charleston, South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second Walter Scott, who chronicled the African-American community in Minnesota before and after the civil rights era, is someone whose story hasn\u2019t been told. And therein lies the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy father was light years ahead of his time,\u201d says Dr. Chaunda Scott. \u201cHe wanted to record for history the other side of the narrative, the part that wasn\u2019t being told publicly. If you see a news story about a Black person, it is in the context of something tragic or violent. Dad wanted to tell stories of excellence; he wanted to give us all points of reference that set our sights higher.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the fifties, sixties, and seventies, Walter Scott tirelessly chronicled the achievements of Black Minnesotans. Although he wasn\u2019t a trained historian or documentarian, he meticulously wrote, designed, published, and distributed three books and numerous magazines full of stories and photos that showed real-life stories of African-American prosperity, achievement, and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe had a full-time job,\u201d his son Anthony, now president of the Minnesota Black Community Project recalls. \u201cThis was something he did by hand, at night and on the weekends. He would be cutting and pasting photos and pieces of text on paper. He was making a pictorial resume of the Black community, its achievements, and its goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These books were points of pride on many coffee tables across Minnesota, kept out for young Black children to flip through the pages and see stories of doctors, lawyers, and entrepreneurs who looked like them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t be what you don\u2019t see,\u201d Anthony Scott explains in describing the importance of his father\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scott family as a whole is a powerful testimony to what happens when children grow up \u201cseeing\u201d what they can be. Dr. Chaunda Scott is a graduate of Harvard and Columbia, as well as a Fulbright scholar. Anthony Scott built a career with the state of Minnesota as an expert in vocational rehabilitation and child protection. George Scott is an accomplished musician, and Walter Scott Jr. served as a beloved educator for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the prominent Scott and Crutchfield families are continuing Walter Scott\u2019s legacy through The Minnesota Black Community Project. The Pollination Project has partnered with them to help fund a series of events showcasing African-American contributions to art, medicine, and music, among other areas. They also recently celebrated the publishing of \u201cMinnesota\u2019s Black Community in the 21st Century,\u201d which highlights the contributions of today\u2019s African-American Minnesotans and is available for purchase here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an idea whose moment has arrived,\u201d Dr. Chaunda Scott says from her office, just six blocks from where George Floyd was killed. \u201cPhilando Castile, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown- these victims are household names. They should be. But so should the names of those who can uplift the other part of the narrative. The next generation needs to see reflections of success and positivity, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about the Minnesota Black Community Project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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