05/02/17 – Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Giselle Burgess, the founder of Girl Scout Troop 6000, a NYC based Girls Scout Troop for homeless girls. Learn more about the organization here.   Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Customers of some medical marijuana dispensaries are finding they don’t have to go far if they have a case of the munchies. Girl Scouts seem to be foregoing the usual supermarket stops for selling their beloved cookies. A few days after a teenager sold dozens of cookie boxes outside a San Francisco […]

If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals

The Girl Scouts of America began as an all-white organization in Savannah, Ga., in 1912.  Five years later, in 1917, the troop introduced its first African American girl scouts, possibly in the New York area. This positive change led to the integration of more scout troops in 1950, 14 years before the Civil Rights Movement. […]