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Walls, Murray Atkins, 1899-1993

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"Born in 1899 in Indianapolis, Walls earned an M.A. from NY's Columbia Univ. As a teacher, she developed an early black history program in Indiana. In 1930s, Walls worked to secure public housing for blacks in Louisville. In 1940s, she led demonstrations at the whites-only main library and helped hire black clerks in a dept. store... Murray Walls led the movement that integrated Girl Scout programs and camps by 1956. She was a Girl Scout trainer, the first black woman to serve on the Girl Scout Board of Directors, and the Ky. State Board of Education. Walls died in 1993."--Kentucky Historical Marker.

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Walls, Murray Atkins, 1899-1993

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Oral history interview with Murray Atkins Walls and John Walls

Creator:: Walls, Murray Atkins, 1899-1993
Cox, Dwayne, 1950-
Date of Original:: 1977-07-27
Collection:: African American Oral History Collection
Contributing Institution:: University of Louisville. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections