From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

In 1940 the Louisville Council formed an interracial committee for Negro Girl Scouting that led to a troop being formed. The troop was not allowed to attend camps; therefore, Mrs. Murray Walls, a member of the interracial committee, helped to organize camping for the African American scouts.

The Paducah Council and the Bowling Green/Warren County Council also formed Girl Scout troops for African American girls. A temporary site, Camp Dan Beard (a Boy Scout camp in Jefferson County), was used for the first established camp for African American Girl Scouts; in 1945 a permanent campsite, Camp Lincoln Ridge, was established at Lincoln Institute.

Also in 1945, Mrs. Murray Walls became the first African American to serve on the Girl Scout Council Board of Directors, leading the movement against segregated Kentucky Girl Scout Troops. The programs and camps were integrated in 1956. Walls was also the first African American member of the Kentucky State Board of Education.

For more see Kentuckiana Council History, by Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana; and Murray Atkins Walls at the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame site.