(BOY SCOUTS.) GLENN, JOHN. Find Adventure, Join the Scouts. Oblong cardboard advertisement 11 x 21 inches; pinholes at the corners, showing an eclectic group of scouts, joined by astronaut John Glenn. Np, circa mid-1970's
'No one who has ever studied the history of the Boy Scouts of America can deny that the organization allowed (and in some cases, encouraged) councils to adopt a policy of racial discrimination until 1974. It was not until 1942, that the last council rescinded its ban on African Americans from being Boy Scouts. Up until this time, councils, under pressure from their local communities were permitted, even encouraged, by the National Council to ban minority boys (eg: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, etc.) from joining'--from the BSA's own website.
