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The first African-American Boy Scout in the 29-year history of the Choccolocco Council to attain the rank of Eagle Scout was Edward Caldwell Jr. of Jacksonville, in 1948
>> i was foolish enough to run for congress in 1968, young. i am now matured. [laughter] >> but i remembered part of the reason for wanting to do that was to bring a voter registrations up. i lost royally. he was then the congressperson. and that was the second district. so when i ran my first time, the second congressional district, which had about at the time, about 15 to 18% registration. and actually, they sought leaders throughout the south to try to run. and i was one that agreed to do it. they really wanted a man, women, you want to know that. they...