Lawyer | Judge

Armond Wendell Scott had a small, growing practice in Wilmington in 1898 before the massacre. A native of Wilmington, Scott was from large family that operated a grocery store on Walnut Street. On November 9, 1898, Scott was one of a "Committee of Colored Citizens" summoned by 25 white men to hear their demands, a list referred to as the "White Declaration of Independence." One demand was that Alexander Manly, publisher of The Daily Record, be banished. 

Scott was instructed to deliver a reply on behalf of the Black men to the home of Alfred Moore Waddell by 7:30 the following morning. The men wrote a reply, but Scott put it in the mail rather than delivering it to Waddell's home because it would not have been safe for him to do so. Scott, along with several others, were led to the train and banished from the city. After working odd jobs in New York and Washington, D.C., Scott returned to law and was eventually able to establish a successful practice.

Of note: In 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Scott to the D.C. municipal court, the president's first Black judicial appointment.