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.
The Presidents of the United States and Scouting. John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. PresÂ­iÂ­dent to be a Boy Scout, reachÂ­ing the levÂ­el of Star Scout. GerÂ­ald Ford was the only PresÂ­iÂ­dent to reach the levÂ­el of Eagle Scout. Both George W. Bush and Bill ClinÂ­ton were Cub Scouts.