Today's Black History Month illustration is of Josephine Groves Holloway, the first Black Girl Scout Troop Leader. Holloway was born in South Carolina in 1898 and moved to Tennessee in 1919 to attend Fisk University in Nashville. After she graduated in 1923, she began working with girls at the Bethlehem Center, which helped poor young mothers and children.
After she learned about the Girl Scouts, she wanted to establish a troop for Black girls at the Center. She learned how to be a scout leader directly from Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. Her training allowed her to create the first Black Girl Scout troops in Middle Tennessee.
After Girl Scouting became popular in Middle Tennessee in the white, middle class community, an official council was created. In 1933, she attempted to form an “official” Girl Scout troop for Black girls, but the Nashville Girl Scout Council denied her request.
In 1942, after lobbying for about 10 years and starting an unofficial troop, she established Troop 200, the first official Black Girl Scout troop. She was also the first Black professional Girl Scout employee in Middle Tennessee. She was a district director and camp director.
By 1944, there were 13 troops with 252 Black Girl Scouts and 82 adults. Holloway was such an expert of girls issues that the Girl Scouts also hired her as a field advisor for all Black troops. Over her time as a field advisor, she supervised over 2,000 Black girls and adults.
Holloway worked hard to help Black girls get the full Girl Scout experience, but there were no camps available for them. Through her connections to Black landowners, the council was able to buy land for a new camp for Black girls. Camp Holloway, named after Josephine Holloway, opened its grounds in Millersville, Tennessee. Because the council didn’t put a lot of money into it, Holloway and her family took care of the campgrounds.
She retired in 1963, but after she died in 1988, she left 50 acres next to Camp Holloway to the council. The Camp is still open today. Because of Holloway’s hard work, there’s now a space for Black girls and all girls in Girl Scouts.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another illustration and story!
Today for Women’s History Month we honor the birthday of Josephine Groves Holloway
Josephine Amanda Groves Holloway (March 10, 1898 – December 7, 1988) was an American woman who broke the color barrier for African-American girls to become involved in scouting in the state of Tennessee. In 1933 she began organizing unofficial scout groups, which were recognized in 1942, and eventually desegregated.
She was honored by Girl Scouts of the USA with the naming of Camp Holloway in 1955, and with the "Hidden Heroine" award in 1976.
Early life and education
Josephine Amanda Groves was born on March 10, 1898, in Cowpens, South Carolina. She was the seventh of ten children. Her parents were Emma Gray Groves and John Wesley Groves, a Methodist minister.[1]
She attended Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee,[2] graduating in June 1923 with an A. B. Degree (a bachelor's). In 1926, Holloway obtained a second bachelor's degree at the Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College (now Tennessee State University).
Scouting career
After she graduated from Fisk University, Holloway began working in scouting for girls in 1923 at the Bethlehem Center, a social settlement house home to at-risk women and girls.[2][3] Upon marrying, however, she ceased working at the Bethlehem Center,[2] as she was forced to resign by the director who claimed that a married woman would not have time to fulfill her work obligations.[1]
When her eldest daughter turned six in 1933, Holloway petitioned the Nashville Girl Scout Council to create a new, segregated troop for African-American girls. They declined her request, saying that maintaining separate facilities would cost too much.[2] Holloway went ahead and started her own unofficial troop, and encouraged her friends to do the same.
By 1942, the number of African-American Girl Scout troops caused the Nashville Council to officially recognize them. In 1944, Holloway was hired by the Council to be a field advisor for the organization. In 1951, the Council began integrating black and white troops, a process that was completed in 1962 when they ceased maintaining a separate "Negro district". Holloway did not view the end of segregation as necessarily positive, however, stating that it reduced black girls' exposure to "examples of black strength and pride".[2] In 1963, Holloway retired from scouting.
Personal life
She married Guerney Holloway, a coworker from the Bethlehem Center on June 30, 1925 and had three daughters: Nareda Wenefred, Josephine Alzilee, and Weslia Juanita.
Death
Holloway died on December 7, 1988, at age ninety.
Honors and distinctions
In 1951, land was purchased by the Girl Scouts so that African-American girls would have a place to go to summer camp, as many state parks denied entrance to African Americans. In 1955, Camp Holloway was opened; as of 2016, it is still operational and open to all girl scouts.[4]
Holloway was the first African-American employed by the Girl Scouts in Middle Tennessee. In the 1976 celebration of the US bicentennial, she was given the "Hidden Heroine" award.[4] In 1991, the Girl Scout headquarters opened the Josephine G. Holloway Historical Collection and Gallery.
Gerianne Pérez (Catherine of Aragon), Zan Berube (Anne Boleyn), Amina Faye (Jane Seymour), Terica Marie (Anna of Cleves), Aline Mayagoitia (Katherine Howard), Sydney Parra (Catherine Parr)
Notes:
Includes BCEFA speech. Recorded from front row. Dropped my phone right after Heart of Stone, but I picked it up before anything major happened. Never to be posted on any social media including, but not limited to, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations
US National Tour
January 17, 2024 mat
Madeapactwithsatan's master
Cast:
**Jeremy Kelsey (u/s Otis Williams)**, E. Clayton Cornelious (Paul Williams), Harrell Holmes Jr. (Melvin Franklin), Jalen Harris (Eddie Kendricks), Elijah Ahmad Lewis (David Ruffin), **Treston J. Henderson (u/s Dennis Edwards)**, Felander (Lamont), **Brian C. Binion (u/s Berry Gordy)**, Ryan M. Hunt (Shelly Berger), Tiffany Francès (Josephine), Devin Holloway (Smokey Robinson/Slick Talk Fella/Damon Harris), Devin Price (Al Bryant/Norman Whitfield), **Nazarria Workman (u/s Diana Ross)**, Shayla Brielle G. (Mama Rose/Florence Ballard/Tammi Terrell), Brittny Smith (Johnnie Mae/Mary Wilson), Devin Holloway ("Gloria" Soloist/Interviewer/Delivery Man/Richard Street)
Notes: Amazing cast for this show. However it is a jukebox musical and thus has the normal issue of singing along, talking, phones ringing (and maybe even me sighing and saying to shut up). Gift upon request, but do not post any form of social media.
Sara Bareilles (Jenna), Charity Angel Dawson (Becky), Caitlin Houlahan (Dawn), Drew Gehling (Dr. Pomatter), Joe Tippett (Earl), Dakin Matthews (Joe), Eric Anderson (Cal), Christopher Fitzgerald (Ogie), Nora Lincoln Weiner (Lulu), Tyrone Davis Jr., Matt DeAngelis, Henry Gottfried, Molly Jobe, Max Kumangai, Anastacia McCleskey, Stephanie Torns, Nyla Watson
Jisel Soleil Ayon (Jenna), Dominique Kent (Becky), Gabriella Marzetta (Dawn), David Socolar (Dr. Pomatter), Brian Lundy (Ogie), Andrew Burton Kelley (u/s Cal), Shawn W. Smith (Earl), Michael R. Douglass (Joe), Dayna Marie Quincy (Nurse Norma), Stephanie Feeback (Francine Pomatter), Olivia London (Mother), Woody White (Father), Elvie Ellis (Ensemble), Jake McCready (Ensemble), Zoë Brooke Reed (Ensemble)
Caroline Bowman (Elsa), Lauren Nicole Chapman (Anna), Jeremy Davis (Olaf), Dominic Dorset (Kristoff), Preston Perez (Hans), Dan Plehal (Sven), Evan Duff (Weselton), Savannah Lumar (Young Elsa), Emma Origenes (Young Anna), Katie Mariko Murray (Queen Iduna), Kyle Lamar Mitchell (King Agnarr), Tyler Jimenez (Pabbie), Renée Reid (Bulda), Jack Brewer (Oaken)
Notes: It’s frozen so obviously there are a couple of kids talking, but otherwise not too much disruption. Includes BC/EFA speech. Gift upon request, but do not put on any form of social media.
In the isolated swamp town of Sithau, yet another girl goes missing. But this time, the effects ripple: the two remnants of a brittle, broken friendship return, still stained in grief. Delilah, the glittering, intoxicating beauty, the universal object of desire. Eleanor, the one with a future, who left it all behind them. And Irene, ever a ghost between them.
But it is not just the cruelty of men who consume in this town sick with verdancy and poverty, but the holy things lurking beneath the dark water, and the holier things these once-friends have brought with them.
Aesthetic: overgrowth lush with rot, dark stagnant water, elk trussed up by their antlers, crushed beer cans underfoot, the smell of damp growth and lavender and gasoline, the smell of alcohol and teenage desperation, birds calling and then going quiet all at once, jagged fingernails and scratches in bedroom walls, light reflecting off glossy hair like an oil spill, pinkies hooked into each other, scuffed sneakers, pockmarked asphalt and beat up pickup trucks, cigarette smoke unfurling from bloody red lipsticked lips, runes carved into the bark of ancient trees, rusted iron and old woods
POV: second person, present tense
Themes: gender, violence, gendered violence, generational trauma, religion, what does it mean to be holy, how do monstrosity and girlhood entangle, what does it mean to be a girl in a place where girlhood is suffering, what simmers beneath the all too practiced artifices of gender, memory
Jude Rambles: the love of my life, the bane of my existence, this wip and these characters live in my mind rent free but simply refuse to be written. yes, i can slip into the character voice without a second thought, but no, i can’t write this project. what the fuck is the plot? you tell me. i can ramble for eight hours on the character dynamics and relationships though! this is a litfic novel masquerading as a fantasy novel but also a fantasy novel masquerading as a litfic novel, so who’s to say.
Characters:
Delilah Holloway: 20 | she/her | You dream of dead girls and dead gods, and wished you could count yourself among them. But girls like you are begging for tragedy, so a final silence might still be the first to embrace you without the lustful expectation you can’t help but provoke. Our protagonist, a girl who has collected all the festering hurt in the town of Sithau and stores it underneath her skin. Delilah refracts cruelties, reflects only the things you want to see and the things you want to condemn her for.
Eleanor “Ellie” Sinclair: 21 | they/them | They talked of escape, as if it would be easy to leave you behind. But perhaps you’ve simply forgotten how many times they begged you to join them. The one who got away. Ellie is the smart one, the responsible one, the one who had a chance to get out and took it with both hands. They’re less kind than they think they are, and care far too much about anyone’s opinion.
Irene Bishop: deceased | she/her | Irene blazed and blistered, was the red-hot end of a cigarette illuminating the panels of your face. How do you describe her outside of that? Irene exists only in your memory now, but she’s as abrasive and affectionate as ever. Irene is dead, and she’ll stay that way.
Caroline Sinclair: 18 | she/her | Before you’d left, Caroline had started to unspool into an imitation of your masquerade, and you hadn’t cared enough to ask her to emulate someone actually worthy of love. But you care enough to come back for her. Caroline is missing. Who will you pray to to find her?
Josephine “Josie” Perez: 25 | she/they | (Josie) evaded definition by refusing to exceed or disguise any part of herself, glorious in all her imperfection. But you hate her for that, don’t you? You hate that she gave up and you can’t. Josie has finally decided to hold onto life with both hands, but they’re very much aware that they’re a substitute in Delilah’s life. But Delilah’s a substitute for them too, so in some ways it’s symbiosis.
Romeo “Beau” Beauregarde: 25 | he/they | Romeo Beauregarde is bred from old money and older gods, money dripping from his fingers and mouth and pooling at his feet. Rich boys can always afford to wield nothing but the heavy request that everyone love them. He’s a pretty boy, a holy boy, not a boy, all broad shoulders and narrow hips and golden, golden, golden. Delilah has taken their heartstrings and spiderwebbed him into fawning, full-hearted and empty-headed devotion.
hatchetfield muses!!! esp nibblenephim and miss holloway who fuck with space and time and all the fun things
star butterfly also known space and time fucker-upper.... but she's just a little guy she's just having fun and making mistakes
i also think one of my fae ocs, vespera would have fun playing with gen, mostly just being really annoying and being very, very different from allie
also if you wanted to do fear street things!!! i have kate schmidt and also have a few other muses with fear street verses (notably laura lee and cj hook)
i also think... giving josephine lightbourne some gen verse that they can play in together bc she's so fun. and horrible. fun to write and think about but not really.
Today's Black History Month illustration is of Josephine Groves Holloway, the first Black Girl Scout Troop Leader. Holloway was born in South Carolina in 1898 and moved to Tennessee in 1919 to attend Fisk University in Nashville. After she graduated in 1923, she began working with girls at the Bethlehem Center, which helped poor young mothers and children.
After she learned about the Girl Scouts, she wanted to establish a troop for Black girls at the Center. She learned how to be a scout leader directly from Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. Her training allowed her to create the first Black Girl Scout troops in Middle Tennessee.
After Girl Scouting became popular in Middle Tennessee in the white, middle class community, an official council was created. In 1933, she attempted to form an “official” Girl Scout troop for Black girls, but the Nashville Girl Scout Council denied her request.
In 1942, after lobbying for about 10 years and starting an unofficial troop, she established Troop 200, the first official Black Girl Scout troop. She was also the first Black professional Girl Scout employee in Middle Tennessee. She was a district director and camp director.
By 1944, there were 13 troops with 252 Black Girl Scouts and 82 adults. Holloway was such an expert of girls issues that the Girl Scouts also hired her as a field advisor for all Black troops. Over her time as a field advisor, she supervised over 2,000 Black girls and adults.
Holloway worked hard to help Black girls get the full Girl Scout experience, but there were no camps available for them. Through her connections to Black landowners, the council was able to buy land for a new camp for Black girls. Camp Holloway, named after Josephine Holloway, opened its grounds in Millersville, Tennessee. Because the council didn’t put a lot of money into it, Holloway and her family took care of the campgrounds.
She retired in 1963, but after she died in 1988, she left 50 acres next to Camp Holloway to the council. The Camp is still open today. Because of Holloway’s hard work, there’s now a space for Black girls and all girls in Girl Scouts.
I’ll be back tomorrow with another illustration and story! #josephineholloway #girlscouts #blackhistorymonth2023 #kidlitart
Miss Mabel is a 1948 stage play by R. C. Sherriff. It has been adapted for television at least five times.
1950 – A play in three acts, produced by Joel Shenker as a summer theatre touring package.
Advance director: Jerome Coray
With Charles Francis, Wallace Clark, Mark Roberts, Harry Bannister, Victor Beecroft, Gwen Anderson, Marie Carroll, Bethel Long.
Subsequent cast changes throughout tour as well as resident actors playing different roles in each theatre (Dorothy and Lillian Gish by Lillian Gish)
Also, a live version aired as part of British anthology series BBC Sunday Night Theatre in 1950. Cast included Mary Jerrold, Clive Morton, Richard Warner, W. E. Holloway, Josephine Middleton, Herbert C. Walton, Anne West, Ronald Marriott, Rowland Winterton and Anthony Farmer. It was performed on 26 March 1950 with a repeat performance on 29 March 1950. Both performances are lost, as the live broadcasts were not recorded.
Rehearsals for Miss Mabel went smoothly, once we learned to anticipate interruptions over which we had no control, like the noise and whistling from the trains. We had an idea of their schedule, so we could time when we were going to have our words drowned during matinees and evening. Whoever was talking would just remain in place and not say a word until the train had passed. Clarence Derwent, for all his impressive British training and background, was a very casual actor. He had a very relaxed delivery, and he didn’t like to wear any makeup other than his costume.
Once, on a matinee day, he came to the theatre from a long walk in the woods just before half-hour. He put on his costume and he took his seat on a soft chair onstage as the curtain went up, which he was supposed to do. A few minutes into the performance, he fell asleep.
The audience didn’t know what was happening, but onstage, including Lillian, did. Clarence wasn’t snoring. He had leaned back and closed his eyes.
Lillian looked over in his direction, and very casually, during the course of the scene, tiptoed behind the chair where Clarence was sitting. She placed her hand on his shoulder leaned over, and blew on his neck!
She might have whispered something which only he could have heard, but Clarence opened his eyes and said his line as if the action were rehearsed!
Whether she gave him a dressing down afterwards we never knew. But he never took any morning walks on a matinee day. And he never closed his eyes in that chair for the rest of the run!
When Miss Mabel company flew to the Bahamas to play an engagement at the Royal Colonial Theatre, Lillian made a star’s demand: to allow Malcolm, her West Highland terrier who had been with her since The Old Maid (1936), to ride next to her on the plane.
Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen – Stuart Oderman
alexander “alex” holloway
26 anos
guitarrista e vocalista da crimson fury
chicago, illinois
samuel larsen
marina “nina” daviss
24 anos
tecladista da crimson fury
chicago, illinois
alisha boe
angela “angie” dawson
22 anos
fotógrafa e social media da crimson fury
hattiesburg, mississipi
josephine langford
plot: a banda crimson fury foi formada no ensino médio pelos irmãos alex e ivy, e os amigos becca, nina e gus. entre trancos e barrancos, eles seguem lutando para realizar seus sonhos, mas quando uma briga tira becca da banda, bem quando são convidados para abrir o show de (banda), alguns deles vão precisar engolir o orgulho para trazê-la de volta e fazer dar certo.
interações: @berriewrites .
partner: @zoyanzlnsk .
guitarrista base - alex holloway
guitarrista solo - becca ortiz
baixista - ivy holloway
tecladista - nina daviss
baterista - gus horne
Devin Price (u/s Paul Williams), Harrell Holmes Jr. (Melvin Franklin), Michael Andreaus (Otis Williams), Jalen Harris (Eddie Kendricks), Elijah Ahmad Lewis (David Ruffin), Jeremy Kelsey (Berry Gordy), Omar Madden (Smokey Robinson/Damon Harris), Melvin Gray Jr. (u/s Al Bryant/Norman Whitfield), Brittny Smith (Johnnie Mae/Mary Wilson), Dwayne P. Mitchell (Dennis Edwards), Felander (Lamont), Shayla Brielle G. (Mama Rose/Tammi Terrell/Florence Ballard), Quiana Onrae'l Holmes (Josephine), Devin Holloway (Richard Street), Ryan M Hunt (Shelly Berger), Amber Mariah Talley (Diana Ross)
Notes:
Excellent Video of this incredible touring cast. There are some ladies around me who talk a bit and make some very funny comments throughout. Some washout, shakiness, and readjusting throughout.
NFT Date: February 1st, 2025
Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAHx4Z
Video is $20
MJ The Musical - First US National Tour
July 28, 2024 - Medium Observation
Video
Roman Banks (MJ), Devin Bowles (Joseph Jackson/Rob), Mary Kate Moore (Rachel), Da'Von T. Moody (Alejandro), Bane Griffith (Little Michael), Bryce A. Holmes (Little Marlon), Brandon Lee Harris (Michael), Rajané Katurah (u/s Katherine Jackson/Kate), Kendrick Mitchell (u/s Nick/Berry Gordy/Don Cornelius/Doctor), Matt Loehr (Dave), Josh A Dawson (Tito Jackson/Quincy Jones)
Notes:
Nice video of Roman’s last as MJ. Lot’s of latecomers and people walking in front of my camera. An annoying head appears in the bottom left corner for a lot of act 1 and mainly act 2, It’s worked around the best I could so unfortunately wideshots suffer from it. some washout, shakiness, and readjusting throughout.
Semina Mary Halliwell, Aubreigh Paige Wyatt, Tristyn Bailey, Moa Leontine Björk, Gabriella Green, Amanda Todd, Rachel Joy Scott, Kelly Ann Fleming, Cassie Bernall, Rosalie Avila, Ashawnty Davis, Emily Grace Jones, Grace McDonnell, Grace Budd, Hailie Masson, Caylee Marie Mastin, Jocelyn Nungaray, Alyssa Miriam Alhadeff, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos, Star Hobson, Lily Peters, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Elizabeth Shelley, Sara Sharif, Charlotte Louise Dunn, Charlotte Bacon, Daniel Barden, Sidra Hassouna, Mercedes Losoya, Emilie Parker, Jackie Cazares, Makenna Lee Elrod, Eliahna Torres, Nevaeh Bravo, Layla Salazar, JonBenèt Ramsey, Destiny Norton, April Jones, April Marie Tinsley, Deborah Bricca, Deborah Stone, Caroline Previdi, Skylar Annette Neese, Hannah Louise Scott, Sophie North, Maite Rodriguez, Alexandria Rubio, Maranda Gail Mathis, Lois Janes, Sharon Lee Gallegos, Anna Glinberg, Ilse Haas, Mania Halef, Larisa Ratmanski, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Serenity Gail Elmore, Ava Jordan Wood, Leiliana Wright, Ava Martin White, Serenity Hawley, Maria Agnes Virovacz Barsi, Michelle B. Norris, Judith Barsi, Avielle Richman, Tess Marie Mata, Catherine Violet Hubbard, Anne Frank, Margot Frank, Hana Brady, Pauline Adelaar, Peter Fuchs, Edith Roseij Beek, Caylee Marie Anthony, Caroline and Madison Rae king, Amber Rene Hagerman, Jessica Rekos, Jessica Lunsford, Sandra Cantu, Opal Jennings, Daniel Christopher Benoit, Molly Anne Bish, Brenton Germain Bishop, Sherri Jan Clark, Sarah Payne, Alicia Lynn Clark, Sadie Elizabeth Davila, Sylvia Likens, Junko Furuta, Amanda Marie Dougherty, Barbara Jean Fahy, Lisa Anne French, Miranda Diane Gaddis, Natalee Ann Holloway, Natalia Victoria Wallace, Sherin Mathews, Bella Bond, Bella Edwards, Olga Chardymova, Riley Ann Sawyers, Riley Ann Fox, Emma Walker, Dominique Ellen Dunne, Samantha Bree Runnion, Sierra Lynn Newbold, Jaquita Mack, Johnny Wactor, Young Dolph, Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Shinzo Abe, Abraham Lincoln, Dr Martin Luther King Jr., James Mattioli, Adriana Dukic, Adriana Kuch, Cherish Lily Perrywinkle, Audrii Cunningham, Athena Strand, Athena Brownfield, Shan'ann, CeCe,Bella&Nico, Samantha and Tessara Crespi, Gabby Petito, Mei Leung, Dayle Okazaki, Joan of Arc, Mary Katherine Moore, Arthur Boyd Moore, Brianna Mariah Lopez,
"Josephine Holloway, who was born on this day in 1898, worked to ensure African American girls could be a part of Girls Scouts. After graduating from Fisk University Holloway began working with girls at the Bethlehem Center in Nashville, Tennessee. While working at this center Holloway was able to bring Girl Scout inspired activities to more than 300 girls. She even had the opportunity to attend a training by Juliette Gordon Low. Then when Holloway's oldest daughter turned six, in 1933, she applied to start a troop. The Nashville Girl Scout Council would not allow her to start an African American troop, but Holloway did not give up. She continued to fight for her daughters and other African American girls to have an opportunity to join. Then in 1942 Holloway was able to form an official African American Girl Scout troop. Holloway was then hired in 1944 by the Girl Scouts as a field advisor for black troops. During her time in this position Holloway would supervise thousands of African American girls and adults." -- National Women's History Museum
For an inspiring picture book about a young African American Girl Scout running a peach pit drive to help soldiers during WWI, we recommend "The Peach Pit Parade: A World War I Story" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-peach-pit-parade
Kids can learn about the founding of the Girl Scouts and founder Juliette Gordon Low in the excellent book “Here Come the Girl Scouts!” for ages 4 to 8 at https://www.amightygirl.com/here-come-the-girl-scouts
Younger Girl Scouts will also love this Girl Scouts Uniform for 18" dolls at https://www.amightygirl.com/girl-scout-outfit-for-18-doll
For adult readers, there is a fascinating biography about Low, "Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts" at https://www.amightygirl.com/juliette-gordon-low-founder-girl-scouts
To introduce children and teens to more real-life girls and women who fought for equal rights, check out our blog post on "50 Inspiring Books on Girls & Women of the Civil Rights Movement" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11177
For books to inspire children to follow the Girl Scouts' commitment to service, visit our blog post “Making an Impact: 40 Mighty Girl Books about Charity and Community Service” at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10983