The Roanoke World-News First Negro Girl Scouts Off to Camp
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.269 Author/Creator: The Roanoke World-News Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 3 July 1942 Pagination: 1 p. ; 11.5 x 10 cm. Order a Copy
A newspaper clipping from The Roanoke World-News announcing the first African-American Girl Scouts to attend camp. It contains a photograph of Rolanda Sydnor and Geraldine Williams on either side of their Girl Scout leader, Mrs. W. M. Scott.
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