Historical Marker

Murray Atkins Walls - Civil Rights Pioneer

Historical marker location:

Louisville, Kentucky

( 2105 Lexington Rd., Louisville)

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.

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Murray Atkins Walls - Civil Rights Pioneer - 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. Presented by Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana.