In 1916, the first official Boy Scout Council-promoted Negro Troop 75 began in Louisville, KY. By the next year, four official black troops were in the area. Hamilton Bradley of New York is now BSA's earliest known Black Eagle Scout. According to newspaper records from the time, his Eagle Scout court of honor was held on Dec. 19, 1919.

Feb 11, 2016 · In celebration of Black History Month, we wanted to share a list of 10 prominent African-American leaders who got their start in Scouting.

Feb 23, 2021 · A July 9, 1924, story in The Evening Star newspaper tells of a group of 10 men in Philadelphia who dressed in hoods and robes and burned a cross to terrorize a Black Scout troop that was camping.

Nearly 187,155 youth members in 2018 across the country benefited from BSA’s Scoutreach efforts. In 2018 alone, the organization welcomed more than 70 thousand Cub Scout girls nationwide. The Central Region has the largest penetration of Cub Scouts followed by the Northeast Region.

Feb 25, 2020 · During the Jim Crow era, when racial segregation and widespread animus toward black organizing enveloped the South, philanthropy played an important, yet often-overlooked role in bringing more African American Scouts into the BSA.

Jun 17, 2020 · For decades, openly gay people were not allowed to be members or adult leaders, a stance that began to change only in 2013. Almost three-quarters of its youth membership is white, with black...

Jun 18, 2023 · On Monday, the Boy Scouts of America will help heal that injury by officially making Jones, now 75, an Eagle Scout. Jones’ mother was 17 when she had him. The young mother was determined to...

Jun 16, 2020 · The Boy Scouts of America says it stands with the Black Lives Matter movement and will require all Eagle Scouts to earn a “diversity and inclusion merit badge.”

Sep 29, 2022 · The Boy Scouts of America, a Progressive organization, intended to train young men for leadership roles, organized in 1910 and within two years, excluded African American men and boys from joining the youth organization in the South due to …

Oct 1, 2024 · The 100 Black Men organization has started its own Boy Scouts troop, providing mentorship to male students at a Georgia elementary school.