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Scott, John L., Bronx African American History Project
Scott, John L., Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
Interviewee: Reverend John L. Scott
Interviewer: Dr. Mark Naison
Date of Interview: March 3, 2006
Summarized by Sheina Ledesma
Reverend John L. Scott was a civil rights movement leader in the South and New York City. He has been the pastor of St. John’s Baptist Church in Harlem since the early 1970’s and remains a leader and community activist in the North Bronx where he has lived for the past thirty years. Reverend Scott was born in 1937 in a rural area of North Carolina called Delmar. He is one of six boys, including his twin brother, who were born …