An African American minister noted for his campaign against”hood”films that glorify black violence will give the West Virginia University Martin R. Delany Lecture at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research on Spruce Street.

Paul Scott is an ordained Baptist minister and founder of the New Righteous Movement, a group opposed to the portrayal of negative black stereotypes, said Katherine Bankole, director of the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research.

“The Rev. Scott has lead numerous campaigns against violence and media practices that market alcohol to black youth,”Dr. Bankole said.”We look forward to his talk and especially his insights on ways to further promote positive images for our black community.”

Scott also is well known for forming IMANI (Inspiring Men to Act Against Negative Influences) in 1996, a group designed to combat the way Phat Boy Malt Liquor is marketed to black youth.

He has written nationally syndicated articles that have appeared in black newspapers nationally including The Final Call, The Black World Today and the Pittsburgh Courier.

The WVU lecture series is named for Martin R. Delany, a U. S. abolitionist and physician.

Born in Charles Town, Va., in 1812, he worked in Pittsburgh as a doctors assistant. In the 1840s, he founded a newspaper, Mystery, to publicize grievances of blacks and co-published the North Star (1846-49) with F. Douglass.

One of the first blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School (1850-1851), he later practiced medicine in Pittsburgh.

For more information on the Delany Lecture series, call the Center for Black Culture and Research, 304-293-7029.