Girl Scouts of America [Our first troop for African American girls was formed in 1917, and by the 1950s, GSUSA began a national effort to desegregate all Girl Scout troops. In 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. described the Girl Scouts as "a force for desegregation."]

Girl Scouts of America [Our first troop for African American girls was formed in 1917, and by the 1950s, GSUSA began a national effort to desegregate all Girl Scout troops. In 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. described the Girl Scouts as "a force for desegregation."]