Like many of our country’s oldest organizations, the history of scouting is one marred by segregation.
According to the African American Archives, Black Boy Scout Troops, often referred to as “colored troops,” branched off from Boy Scouts of America (BSA) shortly after the organization was founded in 1910.
Many African American troops met in what was considered their primary meeting space, Black churches. One such troop formed long after Jim Crow in the 1980s at the historic Tabernacle Baptist Church in West Palm Beach. Today, the troop has evolved, just like the National organization, which is now Scouting America…