Angela Johnson Sues Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta After Twin Daughters Expelled from Local Troop for Civil Rights Presentation

Angela Johnson sues Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta after Gwinnett county troop expelled her twin daughters over their civil rights presentation highlighting the family's involvement in the fight for racial equality and justice in the Deep South.

Gwinnett county resident, Angela Johnson, sued the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta alleging her twin daughters were expelled from their troop after they gave a presentation on their family’s involvement in the civil rights movement.

In the lawsuit filed suit last week in Gwinnett County State Court, Ms. Johnson claims intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence. The suit says the troop leaders knew an expulsion would cause the girls harm and that the organization had a responsibility to repair the situation.

In a statement, the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta says the girls weren’t expelled and calls the incident a “disagreement between well-intentioned moms,” referring to Johnson and the troop leaders.

The 8-year-old twins gave a presentation in March for their “family heritage project” that centered on their family’s involvement in the civil rights movement in Mississippi, and they were distraught when they received a cool response from the audience and troop leaders, the lawsuit says.

“The only applause they received was from the other two African American girls and one Indian girl in attendance,” the suit says. About a month later their mother got an email from the troop leaders saying the girls were expelled from the troop, the lawsuit claims. The email said the leaders were concerned because “we haven’t seen the level of enthusiasm from the twins as we have from the rest of the troop” but goes on to say that “if the girls would like to continue (with the Girl Scouts) we can work to find another troop that would better fit their interests and wants,” according to the lawsuit. Source: Washington Post

So, the white parents want to sweep the civil rights movement and racism in the South under a rug and essentially muzzle everyone else from bringing it up. Shameful. The mother was absolutely right to sue the organization.