Lottie B. Scott (born November 5, 1936)[1] is an American civic leader and civil rights advocate who is a past president and co-founder of the NAACP branch in Norwich, Connecticut.
Struggling to find employment as a single African American woman, she worked initially at a shoe factory and a hotel and then as a clerical typist at Norwich State Hospital.
She established an NAACP job bank program in 1973, helping hundreds of African American residents gain employment.
[8] In 2013, she was the inaugural recipient of the eponymous Lottie B. Scott Community Diversity Award, issued by the Rotary Club of Norwich.
In his remarks, Dodd recognized her as "a Connecticut treasure" who "helped shape the social, cultural, and political agenda of an entire community.
Her collection includes hundreds of binders, scrapbooks, letters, photos, clippings, and meeting minutes dating from the 1960s through the early 2010s.