Early History (1910-1950)
| Arkadelphia Boy Scout Hut | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | 8th St., Arkadelphia, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: | 34°7′45″N 93°3′16″W / 34.12917°N 93.05444°W / 34.12917; -93.05444 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1939 |
| Architectural style: | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Other, Rustic |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 01001526 |
| Added to NRHP: | January 28, 2002 |
The Arkadelphia Boy Scout Hut in Arkadelphia is on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1914, the BSA gave local councils the power to ban African Americans from Scouting. (Macleod, David Irving. Building Character in the American Boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and Their Forerunners, 1870-1920. University of Wisconsin Press: Madison, WI, 1983. P 213.) Until 1974, some southern councils of the Boy Scouts of America were still racially segregated. (The Old Hickory council did not integrate until 1974. See "Camp Timeless; Raven Knob Marks 50 Years as Boy Scouts Still Enjoy Its Wonder." Winston-Salem Journal, 17 July 2005, B1.) Previous entries that claimed segregated Scouting ended in 1948 are false. The 1974 settlement between the BSA and the NAACP over racial discrimination required the BSA to issue its first non-discrimination policy regarding race (Stipulation and Order, NAACP, et al. v. Boy Scouts of America, et al. (Civil No. C-74-329): U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division, 1974.)
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