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The World-news (Roanoke, Va.) 1913-1922 First Negro Girl Scouts Off to Camp

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.269 Author/Creator: The World-news (Roanoke, Va.) 1913-1922 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.

Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-

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