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The Girls Scouts Organization: The Girl Scouts

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The Girls Scouts Organization was started in 1912 during a time when the United States was still greatly segregated. The troops were made up of little white girls who wanted to sell the most cookies, and learn how to some day be great leaders. Years later in 1917, the first African-American Girl Scout troop was formed. During this time, Jim Crow laws were very much alive and #Black and White Girl Scouts were not allowed to integrate. In fact, when the Black girl troops of Savannah, Ga. wanted to go camping they had to drive about two hours to reach the nearest campground that would allow them to camp out. After the first African-American girl scouts was formed, a Native American troop was established in 1921, and by the late 1930’s, the

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