# data[].attributes.body
Provided federal aid to the states to provide intercollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and home economics.

# data[].attributes.body
Henry Groseclose helps organize the Future Farmers of Virginia for boys in agricultural classes this would become a model for the creation of the FFA. He is known as the father of FFA

# data[].attributes.body
Future Farmers of America was established on Nov 20, 1928 in Kansas City, MO. The first National FFA convention was held in Kansas City, MO. 33 delegates from 18 states attended. Leslie Applegate was elected the first National FFA president.

# data[].attributes.body
The FFA creed written by E.M. Tiffany is adopted. Edward Drace won the first national speaking event. The first national dress uniform is adopted dark blue shirt, blue or white pants, and yellow tie.

# data[].attributes.body
FFA members arrive at the National Convention in blue corduroy jackets with the FFA emblem on the back. J.H. Lintner, director of the Fredericktown, Ohio FFA Band had the jackets designed as a uniform for his band members. Official delegates vote to adopt the jacket as the organization's official dress.

# data[].attributes.body
The New Farmers of America is organized for African American agriculture students. Like the FFA it was sponsored by the United States Office of Education and paralleled the FFA's programs and activities to the point that they offered many of the same programs under different names until the end of segregation.

# data[].attributes.body
National Conventions were held throughout the World War II years despite the absence of many FFA members.  FFA members took up the fight at home by selling liberty bonds and collecting scrap metal.

# data[].attributes.body
The first issue of the National Future Farmers is published.

# data[].attributes.body
New Farmers of America the organization for African American ag students merges with Future Farmers of America.

# data[].attributes.body
Girls are amited in the FFA. Now they make up over half of the members.

# data[].attributes.body
The National FFA Alumni Association is founded, providing opportunities for former FFA members and other supporters to become involved with their local student chapters.

# data[].attributes.headline
1973: First African American Vice President 

# data[].attributes.subject
1973: First African American Vice President 

# data[].attributes.body
Fred McClure is elected Western Region Vice President, becoming the organization's first African-American National Officer.  McClure would later serve on President George H. W. Bush's staff in Washington, D.C.

# data[].attributes.body
Delegates to the National FFA Convention change "Future Farmers of America" to the "National FFA Organization" to recognize the growth of agriculture and agricultural education to encompass the more than 300 careers in the science, business, and technology of agriculture.

# data[].attributes.body
Corey Flournoy of Chicago, Illinois, is elected National FFA President, becoming the organization's first African-American president and first urban student leader.

# data[].attributes.body
Pike Road High School started their FFA chapter.