Margaret "Maggie" Scott founded Scott's Hall (a social hall for meetings and dancing) with her husband John. She was a pioneer member of First AME Church, and took active roles in the development of the church, co-founding of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club in 1904, and was a guiding force in the NAACP fundraising drives of the 1920s. Memorial tea for Margaret D. Scott held at the Sojourner Truth Clubhouse. From left: Ethel Bruington, Exie Boutte and Councilman Gilbert Lindsay holding a portrait of Scott, and Reverend Eula Smith Strickland, President of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club. Margaret D. Scott died on January 4, 1969, at age 106. She was the last of the original founders of the Sojourner Truth Industrial Club. At the memorial tea, the Recreation (Hall) Center was dedicated to her memory.
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African American civic leaders City council members Strickland, Eula, 1904-1982 Boutte, Exie Emma, 1888-1982 Lindsay, Gilbert W. (Gilbert William), 1900-1990 Bruington, Ethel Frances, 1893-1983 Scott, Margaret D., 1862-1969
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