The right to vote was passed and placed in the bill of rights (15th amendment) in 1870 part of the reconstruction era. So during 1960's during the civil rights movement the right to vote was not one of their goals because it was already in effect for African Americans to vote.
JFK was the first former scout to be President. Gerald Ford was the first and only Eagle Scout to be president. Bill Clinton and GW Bush were cub scouts. Since the inception of scouting in 1910 nearly all of the presidents have had some realtionship to scouting, often as adult leaders.
Posted on May 22, 2014 by Bryan Wendell in Eagle Scout, Scouting in the News // 39 Comments. The Boy Scouts of America today elected Robert M. Gates, Eagle Scout, former defense secretary and former CIA director as its national president. He officially begins his two-year term as the BSAâs 35th president today. The BSAâs volunteer and professional delegates attending this weekâs National Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., voted to confirm Gates as president. You may remember I first blogged about his selection as president-elect in October of last year.